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The role of the International Maritime Organization in combating piracy : Dalhousie Marine Piracy Project

5 Dec 2012

Introduction 1.1 Positioning the Paper The objective of this paper is to explore the role of IMO as the leading multilateral agency tasked with addressing the issue of piracy, and to assess the effectiveness of that role in the light of the serious issues and challenges presented by the current scale of piracy off the East Coast of Africa, and elsewhere in the world. [...] It is to the credit of the Organization that its record of achievement, as well as the importance of its role and enhanced authority, led, in 1982 to the removal of the word ‘Consultative’. [...] Other notable challenges in its early years included the facilitation of international maritime traffic, the regulation of load lines, the carriage of dangerous goods, and improvements in the calculation of the tonnage of ships. [...] The aim here is to shed light on this interactive process, and the nature of the prevailing issues that have the potential to impact IMO’s effectiveness, and the prospects for success in the initiatives currently being taken to resolve the piracy issue. [...] In this analysis of IMO’s effectiveness, the focus so far has been on internal challenges, most notably the nature and degree of complexity of the type of issue, the challenges associated with bringing a widely diverse group of members and other interests to a consensus, the competence of the IMO Secretariat in facilitating the attainment of that consensus, and the challenges associated with persu
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Authors

Hodgson, J. Richard F

Pages
42
Published in
Canada

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