Giving a cheque for US $100,000 to IMO (Left to right) IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos; His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom, holding cheque; Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Director, Maritime Safety Division, IMO Saudi Arabia has made a significant contribution to the IMO Djibouti Code Trust Fund, giving a welcome boost to the IMO-led project to implement the Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden signed in Djibouti in January 2009 (Djibouti Code of Conduct).His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom, presented a cheque for US$100,000 to IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos on Wednesday (21 September).The Djibouti Code has so far 18 signatory States (Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania and Yemen) who have pledged to cooperate in measures aimed at suppressing piracy, including investigation, arrest and prosecution of persons, who ...
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