IMO’s work to provide uniform international rules for the prompt and effective removal of wrecks received a boost with Jordan becoming the 30th State to ratify the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. The Convention provides the legal basis for States to remove, or have removed, shipwrecks that may threaten the safety of lives, goods and property at sea, as well as the marine environment. H.E Mr Mazen Homoud, Ambassador of Jordan to the United Kingdom, met IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and deposited the instrument of ratification (September 16).