The IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) has held its 27th annual Graduation Ceremony at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa, Malta (28 May). Thirty-eight students from 27 countries graduated from programs covering all areas of international maritime law, including international law of the sea, shipping law, marine environmental law, international maritime security law and maritime legislation drafting. Speaking at the ceremony, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim heralded the Institute and congratulated the graduates on their achievement. He told them that there were now “oceans of opportunities before them to make their own unique waves in the maritime world as they move onto new and exciting challenges”.
Secretary-General Lim and IMLI Director Professor David
Attard were joined at the ceremony by the Honourable Dr. George Vella, Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Malta; the Honourable Mr. Joe Mizzi, Minister for
Transport and Infrastructure of Malta; IMLI graduate Mrs. Joyce Mogtari, Deputy
Minister for Transport of Ghana; IMO’s Nicolaos Charalambous, Director,
Technical Co-operation Division and Frederick Kenney, Director, IMO Legal
Affairs and External Relations Division; members of IMLI’s governing board: Mr. Jim Harrison, Mr. Kofi Mbiah and Mr. Masamichi Hasebe; Mr.
Tom Birch Raynardson, Trustee, CMI Charitable Trust; and members of the diplomatic community and judiciary.