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Focusing first on the latter, interest and activity surrounding maritime secu- rity have naturally become particularly intense in the first half of 2004. leading up to the 1 July 2004 implementation deadline for the measures adopted by

IMO at the end of 2002, including the new International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code which is made mandatory under amendments to the International

Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). The terrorist atrocities on

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But putting the regulatory framework in place is just part of the overall pic- ture. Governments and the industry were under no illusions from the outset that proper implementation of the new security measures was key. The

Organization adopted a multi-faceted approach with a strong emphasis on practical work in the field, through regional and national seminars and workshops, which began in 2002, even before the security measures were for- mally adopted. Advisory and assessment missions have been organized, a

Maritime Security Trust Fund estab- lished and model training courses devel- oped for the Port Facility Security

Officer, the Company Security Officer and the Ship Security Officer.

The implementation process was well under way during 2003 and into 2004.

In the IMO Secretariat, we have done all we can to urge and assist Members to move ahead and ensure compliance with the deadline set by the SOLAS

Contracting Governments. The defences must be raised as high as possible and as early as possible. Terrorism is not a mat- ter of concern to one country or a group of countries - it is a global issue and must be addressed as such. Prevention is so much better than cure, and the comforting yet complacent argument that some of us may hope never to become victims of a terrorist act is of no value here. With the interdependence of the world's economies today, the chain reaction that such an act may trigger will have a major negative impact on trade and the global economy — we will all be victims. In the marine environment field. February 2004 saw the adoption of an important new convention to address the issue of the management of ships' ballast water and sediments to combat the insidious problem of transporting marine micro-organisms across the world and depositing them in alien envi- ronments where they may upset the nat- ural equilibrium and cause havoc with the local ecosystem. This is a major milestone in our quest to protect the maritime environment and we must now turn our attention to ensuring that the

Ballast Water and Sediments

Management Convention is both ratified and implemented. Only then can we be confident that the problem has been properly addressed. (Continued on page 79)

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