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The Organization consists of an Assembly, a Council and five main Committees: the Maritime Safety Comm
Environment Protection Committee; the Legal Committee; the Technical Cooperation Committee and the Fac
number of Sub-Committees support the work of the main technical committees.
For summary reports on the work of the Committees and Sub-Committees, please see the Meetings section.
Assembly
This is the highest Governing Body of the Organization. It consists of all Member States and it meets once ev
sessions, but may also meet in an extraordinary session if necessary. The Assembly is responsible for approvi
voting the budget and determining the financial arrangements of the Organization. The Assembly also elects
Council
The Council is elected by the Assembly for two-year terms beginning after each regular session of the Assem
The Council is the Executive Organ of IMO and is responsible, under the Assembly, for supervising the work
Between sessions of the Assembly the Council performs all the functions of the Assembly, except the functio
recommendations to Governments on maritime safety and pollution prevention which is reserved for the Ass
Convention.
Other functions of the Council are to:
(a)
(b)
consider the draft work programme and budget estimates of the Organization and submit them to the A
(c)
receive reports and proposals of the Committees and other organs and submit them to the Assembly a
comments and recommendations as appropriate;
(d)
(e)
enter into agreements or arrangements concerning the relationship of the Organization with other orga
approval by the Assembly.
Category (a): 10 States with the largest interest in providing international shipping services:
China, Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, Panama, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Uni
Category (b): 10 other States with the largest interest in international seaborne trade:
Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden.
Category (c): 20 States not elected under (a) or (b) above which have special interests in maritime transport
election to the Council will ensure the representation of all major geographic areas of the world:
Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, Malta
Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey.
The MSC is the highest technical body of the Organization. It consists of all Member States. The functions o
Committee are to consider any matter within the scope of the Organization concerned with aids to navigatio
equipment of vessels, manning from a safety standpoint, rules for the prevention of collisions, handling of da
safety procedures and requirements, hydrographic information, log-books and navigational records, marine c
salvage and rescue and any other matters directly affecting maritime safety.
The Committee is also required to provide machinery for performing any duties assigned to it by the IMO Co
its cope of work which may be assigned to it by or under any international instrument and accepted by the Or
responsibility for considering and submitting recommendations and guidelines on safety for possible adoptio
The expanded MSC adopts amendments to conventions such as SOLAS and includes all Member States as w
are Party to conventions such as SOLAS even if they are not IMO Member States.
The MEPC, which consists of all Member States, is empowered to consider any matter within the scope of th
with prevention and control of pollution from ships. In particular it is concerned with the adoption and amend
other regulations and measures to ensure their enforcement.
The MEPC was first established as a subsidiary body of the Assembly and raised to full constitutional status
Sub-Committees
The MSC and MEPC are assisted in their work by a number of sub-committees which are also open to all Me
Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW);
Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III);
Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR);
Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR);
Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC);
Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE); and
Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC).
Legal Committee
The Legal Committee is empowered to deal with any legal matters within the scope of the Organization. The
Member States of IMO. It was established in 1967 as a subsidiary body to deal with legal questions which ar
the Torrey Canyon disaster.
The Legal Committee is also empowered to perform any duties within its scope which may be assigned by or
international instrument and accepted by the Organization.
The Technical Cooperation Committee is required to consider any matter within the scope of the Organizatio
implementation of technical cooperation projects for which the Organization acts as the executing or coopera
matters related to the Organizations activities in the technical cooperation field.
The Technical Cooperation Committee consists of all Member States of IMO, was established in 1969 as a su
Council, and was institutionalized by means of an amendment to the IMO Convention which entered into for
Facilitation Committee
The Facilitation Committee was established as a subsidiary body of the Council in May 1972, and became fu
December 2008 as a result of an amendment to the IMO Convention. It consists of all the Member States of
with IMOs work in eliminating unnecessary formalities and red tape in international shipping by impleme
Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic 1965 and any matter within the scope of the Org
the facilitation of international maritime traffic. In particular in recent years the Committee's work, in accord
Assembly, has been to ensure that the right balance is struck between maritime security and the facilitation o
trade.
Secretariat
The Secretariat of IMO consists of the Secretary-General and some 300 international personnel based at the h
Organization in London.
The Secretary-General of the Organization is Mr. Koji Sekimizu of Japan who was appointed to the position
2012.
The holders of the office have been:
Ove Nielsen (Denmark)
1959-1961
1961-1963
1964-1967
1968-1973
1974-1989
1990-2003
2004-2011
2012-
Regional Presence
IMO has now five regional coordinators/advisors for technical cooperation activities, in Cte d'Ivoire, Ghana
and Trinidad and Tobago.
Budget 2014-2015
The IMO Assembly in November 2013 adopted the Organizations budget for the next biennium, approving a
2014 to 2015, comprising an appropriation of 31,686,000 for 2014 and 32,618,000 for 2015.
Contributions to the IMO budget are based on a formula which is different from that used in other United Na
paid by each Member State depends primarily on the tonnage of its merchant fleet.
The top ten contributors for 2012 were assessed as follows (the figures show the amount payable in s ):
Panama
5.40 million
Liberia
2.94 million
Marshall Islands
1.78 million
United Kingdom
1.36 million
Bahamas
1.32 million
Singapore
1.29 million
Malta
1.09 million
Greece
1.08 million
China
1.04 million
Japan
0.96 million