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International Maritime Organization

International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), is a late 20th century creation. The Convention which established the IMCO was adopted in Geneva in 1948,[1] but it only came into force ten years later; and the new Organization met for the first time the following year in 1959. The IMCO name was changed to IMO in 1982.[2]

Headquartered in London, in the United Kingdom, the IMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with 168 Member States and three Associate Members.[2] The IMO promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to prevent marine pollution. IMO is governed by an Assembly of members and is financially administered by a Council of members elected from the Assembly. The work of IMO is conducted through five committees and these are supported by technical subcommittees. Member organizations of the UN organizational family may observe the proceedings of the IMO. Observer status may be granted to qualified non-governmental organizations.

The IMO is supported by a permanent secretariat of employees who are representative of its members. The secretariat is composed of a Secretary-General who is periodically elected by the Assembly, and various divisions such as those for marine safety, environmental protection, and a conference section.

MO is the source of approximately 60 legal instruments that guide the regulatory development of its member states to improve safety at sea, facilitate trade among seafaring states and protect the maritime environment. The most well known is the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)

IMO Member States with year of joining


Albania 1993
Algeria 1963
Angola 1977
Antigua and Barbuda 1986
Argentina 1953
Australia 1952
Austria 1975
Azerbaijan 1995
Bahamas 1976
Bahrain 1976
Bangladesh 1976
Barbados 1970
Belgium 1951
Belize 1990
Benin 1980
Bolivia 1987
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993
Brazil 1963
Brunei Darussalam 1984
Bulgaria 1960
Cambodia 1961
Cameroon 1961
Canada 1948
Cape Verde 1976
Chile 1972
China 1973
Colombia 1974
Congo 1975
Cook Islands 2008
Costa Rica 1981
Côte d'Ivoire 1960
Croatia 1992
Cuba 1966
Cyprus 1973
Czech Republic 1993
Republic of Korea 1986
Republic of the Congo* 1973
Denmark 1959
Djibouti 1979
Dominica 1979
Dominican Republic 1953
Ecuador 1956
Egypt 1958
El Salvador 1981
Equatorial Guinea 1972
Eritrea 1993
Estonia 1992
Ethiopia 1975
Fiji 1983
Finland 1959
France 1952
Gabon 1976
Gambia 1979
Georgia 1993
Germany 1959
Ghana 1959
Greece 1958
Grenada 1998
Guatemala 1983
Guinea 1975
Guinea-Bissau 1977
Guyana 1980
Haiti 1953
Honduras 1954
Hungary 1970
Iceland 1960
India 1959
Indonesia 1961
Iran (Islamic Republic of)1958
Iraq 1973
Ireland 1951
Israel 1952
Italy 1957
Jamaica 1976
Japan 1958
Jordan 1973
Kazakhstan 1994
Kenya 1973
Kiribati 2003
Kuwait 1960
Latvia 1993
Lebanon 1966
Liberia 1959
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1970
Lithuania 1995
Luxembourg 1991
Madagascar 1961
Malawi 1989
Malaysia 1971
Maldives 1967
Malta 1966
Marshall Islands 1998
Mauritania 1961
Mauritius 1978
Mexico 1954
Moldova 2001
Monaco 1989
Mongolia 1996
Montenegro 2006
Morocco 1962
Mozambique 1979
Myanmar 1951
Namibia 1994
Nepal 1979
Netherlands 1949
New Zealand 1960
Nicaragua 1982
Nigeria 1962
Norway 1958
Oman 1974
Pakistan 1958
Panama 1958
Papua New Guinea 1976
Paraguay 1993
Peru 1968
Philippines 1964
Poland 1960
Portugal 1976
Qatar 1977
Republic of Korea 1962
Romania 1965
Russian Federation 1958
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2001
Saint Lucia 1980
Saint Vincent and the Grendines 1981
Samoa 1996
San Marino 2002
Saudi Arabia 1969
Senegal 1960
Serbia (Republic of) 2000
Seychelles 1978
Sierra Leone 1973
Singapore 1966
Slovakia 1993
Slovenia 1993
Solomon Islands 1988
Somalia 1978
South Africa 1995
Spain 1962
Sri Lanka 1972
Sudan 1974
Suriname 1976
Sweden 1959
Switzerland 1955
Syrian Arab Republic 1963
Thailand 1973
The former Yugoslav Republc of Macedonia 1993
Timor-Leste 2005
Togo 1983
Tonga 2000
Trinidad and Tobago 1965
Tunisia 1963
Turkey 1958
Turkmenistan 1993
Tuvalu 2004
Ukraine 1994
Union of Comoros 2001
United Arab Emirates 1980
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1949
United Republic of Tanzania 1974
United States of America 1950
Uruguay 1968
Vanuatu 1986
Venezuela 1975
Viet Nam 1984
Yemen 1979
Zimbabwe 2005

Associate Members:

Hong Kong, China 1967
Macao, China 1990
The Faroe Islands, Denmark 2002

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