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Source: IMO - IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has asked the United Nations system agencies to support IMO in its request to governments to declare seafarers, port personnel and other crucial maritime workers as key personnel. Mr. Lim made the plea during a virtual meeting (1 April) with other UN chiefs and the UN Secretary-General.

7/2/2018 Source: Transparency International - Transparency International offers recommendations to address key vulnerabilities.

“Protecting the Untamed Seas” is the latest in a series by Ian Urbina published by the NY Times.- Commentary by my colleague Don Frost

A recent series of articles in the New York Times (including 2 front page above the fold!) which criticizes the organizations for lax enforcement of the "genuine link" requirement in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It may just irritate them enough to take another look at strengthening the requirement.