IMO Representative
The Government of The Cook Islands appointed Captain Ian Finley as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to IMO in 2006. He is now one of the longest serving permanent representatives at IMO.
Captain Finley is a Master Mariner, respected for his common sense approach and recognised for his substantive and influential contributions to international legislation debate and decision-making.
For more information about IMO: www.imo.org
The Cook Islands is an International Maritime Organization (IMO) member state and party to the following Conventions:
- Convention on the International Maritime Organization, 1984
- International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004
- International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 1974)
- Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS PROT 88)
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, modified by Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78 – Annex I/II)
- Protocol of 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, modified by Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL PROT 1997)
- International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, 1966 (LL 66)
- Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (LL PROT 1988)
- International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (TONNAGE 1969)
- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREG 1972)
- Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC PROT 1992)
- Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND PROT 1992)
- Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC 1976)
- Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC PROT 1996)
- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 (SUA 1988)
- Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA 2005)
- International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (AFS 2001)
- Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C 76)
- International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR 1979)
- Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007
- Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND PROT 1992)
- Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC 1976)
- Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC PROT 1996)
- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 (SUA 1988)
- Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA 2005)
- International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (AFS 2001)
- Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C 76)
- International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR 1979)
- International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW 1978) *
List of STCW Parties – Confirmed STCW Parties (regulation I/7)
MSC.1/Circ.1163/Rev.9* 15/06/2015 International convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers(STCW), 1978, as amended – Parties to STCW, 1978, confirmed by the Maritime Safety Committee to have communicated information which demonstrates that full and complete effect is given to the relevant provisions of the Convention are shown on the “STCW White List”
