IMO has been helping some of its Member States with the task of drafting national legislation to reflect the provisions of key IMO instruments. A regional workshop on legislative drafting has been held in Kingston, Jamaica (14-18 September), aimed at government lawyers, parliamentary drafters and legal advisers to ministries. The overall objective was to assist IMO Member States in the region to implement their rights and duties as States Parties to various IMO treaty instruments, including those dealing with maritime safety, security, protection of the marine environment and liability and compensation. The workshop was attended by 36 participants from 15 countries. Dorota Lost-Sieminska, Eva Huehne and Aicha Cherif represented IMO at the event.