Norway, Honduras support expanded IMO Council

by The Manila Times

Jul 20, 2022 12:03 am

SUPPORT from 117 IMO Member States is required for the amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to come into force.

Norway has become the first country to accept amendments to expand the size of the Council, extend the term of its members, and recognize three additional language texts as authentic versions of the Convention on the IMO — followed by Honduras accepting the amendments on July 15, 2022.

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim (right) with Siv Christin Gaalaas, specialty director, International Maritime Regulation and Polar Affairs, Department for Maritime Policy and Coastal Development, Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. Photo from IMO

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