ASIATODAY.ID, LONDON – Indonesia was re-elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council category C for the 2024-2025 period through the IMO Assembly session in London, England, Friday, December 1 2023.
Indonesian Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, said these results showed world recognition of Indonesia’s existence in the international maritime sector.
“This will provide an opportunity for Indonesia to participate in determining IMO policies which have a big impact on world maritime affairs,” said Minister Budi.
For this achievement, Minister Budi expressed his appreciation to the Indonesian delegation involved for the efforts and diplomatic approach that had been taken to make Indonesia’s candidacy a member of the IMO council a success.
“Let’s take advantage of this momentum to continue development in the maritime sector to provide benefits to many people,” he said.
From the IMO Headquarters in London, the Director General of Sea Transportation at the Ministry of Transportation, Antoni Arif Priadi, reported that as many as 135 countries or 80 percent of the total 175 countries, voted for Indonesia in the election of IMO Council category C members through a voting system.
“20 countries were successfully selected, including Indonesia, from a total of 24 countries that nominated to become members of the IMO Council category C,” said Antoni.
He explained that Indonesia will proactively continue to make important contributions to IMO membership, in accordance with the motto of professionalism, moving forward, initiative and efficiency (PROMISE).
The IMO Category C Council is representative of countries that have a special interest in the field of maritime transport and represents a fair distribution of representatives geographically.
In category C there are 20 countries selected, namely Singapore, Malta, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Mexico, Philippines, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bahamas, Gratis, Morocco, Denmark, Qatar, Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Finland and Jamaica .
Meanwhile, four other countries are not included in category C IMO council membership, namely Thailand, Belgium, South Africa and Poland.
Meanwhile, the IMO Council members for categories A and B have also been announced, namely category A consists of 10 countries representing the largest international merchant shipping fleets and the largest providers of international sea transport, namely Greece, Italy, Japan, China, Panama, Norway, South Korea , United Kingdom, United States, and Liberia.
Meanwhile, category B consists of 10 member countries that have trade, goods are transported by sea in very large quantities (International Ship-Borne Trade). The selected countries are India, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Canada, France, Netherlands, Germany and Sweden.
On the same occasion, Indonesia, through the Financial Audit Agency (BPK), was also re-appointed as an IMO External Auditor for the 2024-2027 period.
The Indonesian delegation at the 33rd IMO Assembly Session was led by the Minister of Transportation with the Alternate HoD, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Indonesia to the UK, Ireland and IMO, Desra Percaya with members of the delegation consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesian Embassy in London, related government agencies, State-Owned Enterprises and other related associations. (AT Network)
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