On Sunday, 2 November, the Chancellor of the World Maritime University (WMU) and IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu, conferred postgraduate degrees on the WMU's Class of 2014. In total, 124 students graduated from the Malmö-based M.Sc. program in Maritime Affairs, 47 from the M.Sc. program in Dalian, China, 36 from the M.Sc. program in Shanghai, China, and 19 from the distance-learning Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Insurance. Overall, the graduates represented 49 countries. Each year, students from roughly 50 countries live and study together at WMU to serve the global maritime community in the spirit of the United Nations. The Class of 2014 is the largest class in the 31-year history of WMU.