The Ambassador of Lithuania, H.E. Mrs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė has met with IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu (10 March) to deposit the instrument of accession to the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention Relating to Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974. The Protocol introduces compulsory insurance to cover passengers on ships and raises the limits of liability. It also introduces other mechanisms to assist passengers in obtaining compensation, based on well-accepted principles applied in existing liability and compensation regimes dealing with environmental pollution.