The nominee is Mr.Vitaly Klyev, Deputy Director, State Policy for Maritime and River Transport
Russia for the first time puts forward its candidate to compete for the post of IMO Secretary-General
The Russian Federation has sent to the Secretariat of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) a statement on the nomination of a candidate for the post of Secretary General of the organization. The nominee is Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport of Russia Vitaly Klyuev.
It will be the first time ever that a candidate from Russia will compete for the IMO SGs post. Previously, the country never nominated its candidates for the post of Secretary-General of IMO.
Russia is a member state of the IMO since the inception of the organization.
The reason for such a move was an attempt by some Member States to make the IMO a platform for biased discussions stirred up by some businesses, due to the attempts to use environmental risks issues as a tool in the struggle for world markets.
Russia intends to ensure that during the discussion of any matter all IMO members will be able to find the balanced, compromised and timely decisions.
Vote on the nominees for the IMO Secretary General post will begin in June 2015. The new Secretary-General of IMO will assume the office as from 1 January 2016.
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