Ecuador has become the 101st country to join the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO), the inter-governmental body that oversees the provision of certain satellite-based maritime distress communication services. The IMSO Convention was adopted by IMO in 1976 to establish and oversee satellite communications for shipping. H.E. Mr. Carlos Abad Ortiz (centre) Ambassador of Ecuador to the United Kingdom, today (11 November) met IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu and IMSO Director General Capt. Moin Ahmed (right) to deposit the instrument of accession to the Convention.