IMO Secretary-General and EC Transport Commissioner meet in London

摘要

At the invitation of IMO Secretary-General Mitropoulos, Mr. Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport, visited the Organization's Headquarters on 8 July 2010, to discuss issues of mutual concern.rnDuring discussions, Secretary-General Mitropoulos referred to IMO's work on the setting of safety, security and pollution prevention standards for shipping engaged in international voyages - noting, in particular, the substantive contribution to that work by the Member States of the EEuropean Union (EU), as well as the need for international shipping to be regulated, in all technical respects, on a global basis, avoiding unilateralrnor regional measures that would hinder the industry's operations and development.