Kunio Mikuriya News

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu welcomed his counterparts, Raymond Benjamin, Secretary-General, ICAO, and Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary-General, WCO, to IMO Headquarters on Monday, July 8, where the three considered the further enhancement of collaboration between the Organizations in the fields of aviation, border and maritime security and facilitation. ICAO and the IMO perform their roles as specialized agencies of the United Nations, while the WCO is an independent intergovernmental body.

A Task Force organized by the World Customs Organization today commenced work in Brussels with the aim of securing and protecting the international supply chain from terrorism while facilitating legitimate trade. This is in response to a Resolution agreed to by the heads of the world’s Customs administrations at its June Council Sessions. Bringing together Customs administrators, intergovernmental organizations, trade associations and those involved in air and maritime transport, the creation of the Task Force is the first step to develop new guidelines to simultaneously increase supply chain security and ensure the flow of international trade.