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The auditing of members of the International Maritime Council to enhance the
implementation and enforcement of international maritime standards has been
set in motion.
This follows the adoption of the voluntary scheme by IMO its 24th Assembly,
which met at the Organization's London Headquarters from 21 November to 2
December 2005.
IMO has described the adoption of the framework and procedures as a tool to
achieve harmonized and consistent global implementation of IMO standards.
The scheme addresses issues such as conformance in enacting appropriate
legislation for the IMO instruments to which it is a party as well the
administration and enforcement of the applicable laws and regulations of the
member state.
IMO said it would help to identify where capacity-building activities would
have the greatest effect and it will also enable appropriate action to be
much more precisely focused.
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