Harboursandport.com: Lagos--- Nigeria Friday failed in her attempt to get elected into the category C
of the International Maritime Organisation, IMO despite spending millions of
naira for campaigns and travelling expenses.
Nigeria had hosted foreign diplomats in Abuja as well as sending
delegates to some foreign countries to seek election.
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| DG NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside |
Countries elected into that category were the Bahamas, Belgium,
Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia,
Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand
and Turkey.
A statement from the IMO web-site showed that there are two other
categories A and B and the total number of countries voted for to represent the
international maritime community in the three categories were 40 for the
2018-2019 biennium.
Those on category ‘A’, which amounts to the 10 countries with the
largest interest in providing international shipping services, were China,
Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, Panama, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,
United Kingdom and United States.
While those in category ‘B’ status, which also consist of the 10 countries
with the largest interest in international seaborne trade, were Australia,
Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and United
Arab Emirates.
The category ‘C’, where Nigeria actually campaigned for and failed consisted
of the 20 States not elected under (a) or (b) above, but which nonetheless,
have special interests in maritime transport or navigation and whose election
to the Council will ensure the representation of all major geographic areas of
the world.
The Council is the executive organ of IMO and is responsible, under the
Assembly, for supervising the work of the Organization. Between sessions of the
Assembly, the Council performs all the functions of the Assembly, except that
of making recommendations to Governments on maritime safety and pollution
prevention.
The newly elected Council will meet, following the conclusion of the
30th Assembly, for its 119th session (on 7 December) and will elect its Chair
and Vice-Chair for the next biennium.
Meanwhile, the 30th Assembly of IMO is
continuing its meeting which started in London at IMO Headquarters on 27
November and would run till Wednesday, 6 December 2017.
All 172 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
international non-governmental organizations in consultative status with IMO
were also invited to attend.
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