IMO announced that Kenya has become the 13th country to sign the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct. The Code is an instrument developed and adopted by countries in the Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, in repressing piracy and armed robbery against ships operating in that region.
Mr. Lazarus Ombai Amayo, High Commissioner of Kenya to the United Kingdom, and Permanent Representative of Kenya to IMO, deposited the instrument at IMO Headquarters in London, on 6 June.
The Amendment significantly broadened the scope of the Djibouti Code, when it was adopted at a high-level meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in January 2017. It covers measures for suppressing a range of illicit activities, including piracy, arms trafficking, trafficking in narcotics, illegal trade in wildlife, illegal oil bunkering, crude oil theft, human trafficking, human smuggling, and illegal dumping of toxic waste.
