Georgia has become the 100th Party to the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO C 1976) and accepted the 2008 amendments. His Excellency Mr. Revaz Gachechiladze, (11 September 2014) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Georgia to IMO; and Captain. Mamuka Akhaladze, Director of the Maritime Transport Agency, Georgia met with IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu to deposit the instrument of accession.  They were joined by Director General, Capt. Esteban Pacha-Vicente of Spain, the Chief Executive Officer and legal representative of IMSO. Georgia also deposited its instrument of accession to the Ballast Water Management treaty, bringing the total number of ratifications to 44 States, with 32.57% of world tonnage (35% of world tonnage is needed to meet entry into force criteria).