IMO Secretary-Common Arsenio Dominguez has shared the Group’s plans and focus areas for the subsequent 4 years.
Talking at a press convention at IMO Headquarters in London, Dominguez outlined 4 strategic priorities:
• IMO’s work to manage worldwide transport;
• its help to Member States – notably Small Island Creating States and Least Developed International locations;
• enhancing public consciousness and picture; and
• relations with individuals and stakeholders.
He stated: “As a worldwide business that’s chargeable for transporting over 80% of commerce around the globe, transport is indispensable. One factor I’m very centered on is to make this Group a extra numerous, inclusive and clear establishment.”
The Secretary-Common touched on numerous challenges and alternatives for the maritime sector. Highlighting the continuing assaults on worldwide transport within the Purple Sea, he condemned the assaults and underscored the paramount significance of defending seafarers’ lives. He continued to name for the de-escalation of tensions and the liberty of navigation of ships within the space.
Commerce quantity going by the Suez Canal has fallen by 42% during the last two months, in keeping with estimates by the United Nations Convention on Commerce and Growth (UNCTAD).
The Secretary-Common underscored the resilience of transport within the face of world challenges and confirmed that IMO is actively dialoguing with nations, business companions and the worldwide group to search out options.
GHG emissions
The Secretary-Common supplied an replace on IMO work in the direction of decarbonizing transport by or round 2050. This makes it the primary UN company and first sector to outline a worldwide technique to chop greenhouse fuel emissions, together with obligatory measures to ship on targets.
A timeline has been set, following IMO processes:
• March 2024 – Advance discussions of ‘mid-term measures’ to help emissions discount within the medium time period. These measures embody a worldwide marine gasoline normal and pricing mechanism. An interim report of the affect evaluation that these measures could have on nations might be thought-about by the Marine Surroundings Safety Committee at its 81st session (MEPC 81).
• October 2024 – Finalization of affect evaluation (MEPC 82)
• Spring 2025 – Approval of measures (MEPC 83)
• Autumn 2025 – Adoption of measures (six months after MEPC 83).
Supporting transparency, variety and inclusion
The Secretary-Common burdened his dedication to encouraging a tradition transparency, variety and inclusion within the work of the IMO.
In December 2023, the Group trialed the livestreaming of the latest assembly of the Meeting – its highest decision-making physique which incorporates all 175 Member States. Conferences and classes of the Committees and Sub-Committees are additionally open to media.
Since taking workplace on January 1, 2024, the Secretary-Common has appointed a gender-balanced senior administration crew, enhanced multilingualism in IMO processes, and set a coverage of taking part solely in public occasions or panels with gender illustration.
