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22 November 2011 [10:46] - Today.Az
Azerbaijan’s delegation led by Gudrat Gurbanov, Chief of State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan Republic, takes part in the 27th Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) organized in London at IMO Headquarters. The event kicked off on Nov.21 and will run until Nov.30, 2011.
All 170 Member States and three Associate Members are entitled to attend the Assembly, which is IMO’s highest governing body. The intergovernmental organizations with which agreements of co-operation have been concluded and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with IMO are also invited to attend.
The Assembly normally meets once every two years in regular session. It is responsible for approving the work programme, voting the budget and determining the financial arrangements of the Organization. It also elects the Organization’s 40-Member Council.
The Assembly will review the work carried out by the Organization during the biennium 2010 - 2011, through the Council, the five IMO Committees and the Secretariat.
Also high on the agenda during the biennium has been piracy, the escalation of which, in recent years, has been a matter of great concern and has prompted IMO to make combating it a central theme of its work in 2011.
The Organization’s updated strategic and high-level action plans and the related results-based budget for 2012-2013 will be presented to the Assembly for adoption.
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