Indonesia Re-elected As Member Of The IMO Council Category C 2024-2025

Indonesia was re-elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) category C for the period 2024-2025 through a session of the IMO Council in London, England.

JAKARTA - Indonesia was re-elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) category C for the period 2024-2025 through the IMO Council in London, England.

Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi said the results show the world's recognition of Indonesia's existence in the international maritime sector.

"This will provide an opportunity for Indonesia to participate in determining IMO policies that are very influential on the maritime world," said the Minister of Transportation as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, December 2.

For this achievement, the Minister of Transportation expressed his appreciation to the Indonesian delegation who was involved in the diplomatic efforts and approaches that had been made to make Indonesia's candidacy a member of the IMO council successful.

"Let's take advantage of this momentum to continue development in the maritime sector in order to provide benefits to the community," said the Minister of Transportation.

From the IMO Headquarters in London, the Director General of Sea Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Antoni Arif Priadi reported that as many as 135 countries or 80 percent of the total 175 countries voted for Indonesia in the selection of members of the IMO Council category C through a voting system (voting).

"20 countries have been successfully elected, including Indonesia, out of a total of 24 countries that are nominating to become members of the IMO Council category C," said Antoni.

He explained that Indonesia will proactively continue to make important contributions to IMO membership, according to the motto of professionalism, moving forward, initiatives, and efficiency (PROMISE).

The category C IMO Council is a representative of countries that have special interests in sea transportation and reflects the geographical fair distribution of representatives.

In category C, there are 20 selected countries, namely Singapore, Malta, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Mexico, the Philippines, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Bahamas, Cyprus, Morocco, Denmark, Qatar, Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Finland, and Jamaica.

Meanwhile, four other countries are not included in the IMO board membership category C, namely Thailand, Belgium, South Africa, and Poland.

Meanwhile, members of the category A and B IMO Councils have also been announced, namely category A consisting of 10 countries representing the largest international commercial shipping fleet and as the largest international sea transportation providers, namely Greece, Italy, Japan, China, Panama, Norway, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Liberia.

Meanwhile, category B consists of 10 member states that have trade, their goods are transported by sea in very large quantities (International Ship-Borne Trade). The elected countries, namely India, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden.

On the same occasion, Indonesia through the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia also managed to return (re-appointed) to become External Auditor IMO for the period 2024-2027.

The Indonesian delegation at the 33rd IMO Assembly was chaired by the Minister of Transportation with the Alternative HoD Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the UK, Ireland, and IMO Desra Believe with members of the delegation consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Indonesian Embassy in London, relevant government agencies, BUMN and other related associations.