IMO to implement convention theme

摘要

The IMO Council has endorsed a proposal by IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu to adopt "IMO Conventions: Effective Implementation" as the World Maritime Day theme for 2014. Addressing the IMO Council, meeting for its 110th session in London, Sekimizu said that IMO has, over the years, built up an enviable track record for developing and adopting new international conventions -there have been 53 in all, addressing safety, environmental issues, liability and compensation, and other topics.