Djibouti has today (12 October) acceded to a number of IMO treaties, including international conventions covering maritime search and rescue, and standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers. Mr. Ali Mirah Chehem Daoud, Directeur des Affaires Maritime Djibouti, met IMO’s Frederick Kenney, Director, Legal Affairs and External Relations Division, to deposit the instruments of accession to six treaties and acceptance to annexes III, IV and V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

The full list of treaties acceded to are as follows:
-    International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969
-    International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended
-    International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979
-    International Convention on Salvage, 1989
-    Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000
-    International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001
-    MARPOL Annex III
-    MARPOL Annex IV
-    MARPOL Annex V