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IMO
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International Maritime Organization
International Maritime Organization, IMO was established by a convention which entered into force in 1959. The following year the Organization held its first meeting. The IMO is one of the smallest of all UN agencies.
The IMO facilitates cooperation among governments on technical matters affecting international shipping, and develops international treaties on maritime safety to achieve the highest level of maritime and environmental protection standards on
a worldwide basis.
The Assembly is the highest level main organ consisting of all member states of the IMO. It holds its sessions every two years. The Assembly adopts the programme of work, the budget and elects the Council members and the Secretary-General of the IMO.
The Council, composed of 32 members, is the principal organ between the Assembly sessions, while the work is conducted through five committees supported by subcommittees.
The IMO is headquartered in London.
Documentation
The IMO official web site is structured according to the main areas of concern to the Organization. It provides background information, news, full text reports and documents, conventions and recommendations and summary records of meetings.
IMO News Magazine is a quarterly news magazine posted at the IMO official web site from 1999 onwards.
Current Awareness Bulletin containing a survey of articles relevant to IMO, is posted at the IMO official web site.
IMO conventions with amendments, signatures and ratifications are posted at the IMO official web site.
A summary of the work of the International Maritime Organization for a given year with references to essential documents can be accessed through the Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Six: Intergovernmental Organizations to the United Nations. A complete collection of yearbooks is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
Databases and Indexes
Index on IMO Resolutions can be accessed from the IMO official web site.
SeaLibrary Online is the IMO Library catalogue posted at the official web site.