{"id":17722,"date":"2023-12-03T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T04:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17722"},"modified":"2025-04-05T06:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T00:41:07","slug":"imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/imo\/","title":{"rendered":"International Maritime Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About International Maritime Organisation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0specialized agency of\u00a0the United Nations which is responsible for measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping and to prevent pollution from ships.<\/li>\n<li>It is the global\u00a0standard-setting authority for the safety, security and environmental\u00a0performance of international shipping.<\/li>\n<li>Its main role is to create a regulatory framework for the shipping industry that is fair and effective, universally adopted and universally implemented.<\/li>\n<li>Formation: It was established as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) in 1948, became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1959 and was renamed International Maritime Organization in 1982.<\/li>\n<li>Structure of the organisation:\n<ul>\n<li>Assembly: It is the\u00a0highest Governing Body of the IMO. It consists of all Member States, and it meets once every two years in regular sessions. The Assembly is responsible for approving the work program, voting the budget and electing the Council.<\/li>\n<li>Council: It is\u00a0the Executive Organ of the IMO and is responsible, under the Assembly, for supervising the work of the Organization.<\/li>\n<li>Committees: The five policy-making committees are responsible for the development, review, updating, and approval of the organization\u2019s guidelines and regulations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Funding: Funding for the organization comes from contributions by member states, as well as voluntary donations and commercial activities.<\/li>\n<li>Members: It currently has\u00a0175 Member States.<\/li>\n<li>Headquarters: London.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the United Nations?<\/h3>\n<p>It is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/india-re-elected-to-international-maritime-organisation-council-with-highest-tally\/article67597477.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India re-elected to International Maritime Organisation Council with highest tally<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Maritime Organisation is a specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping and to prevent pollution from ships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}