• The International Maritime Organization is an agency tasked with improving the safety and security of international shipping.

  • One of his main responsibilities is to develop strategies and measures to keep the waterways clean by preventing pollution of the marine environment from ships.
  • The governing body of the IMO, the Assembly, meets every two years, the first meeting was held in 1959.
  • The IMO is not responsible for compliance with its policies. When a government adopts an IMO policy, that policy becomes national law and it is the government’s responsibility to enforce it.
  • Funding for the IMO comes from contributions from Member States, as well as voluntary donations and commercial activities.