Mitropoulos is from Greece
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| Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary-General, IMO |
He had joined IMO
in January 1979 as Implementation Officer in the Maritime Safety Division. In
November 2003, Mitropoulos was elected Secretary-General for the period 2004 to
2008. In November 2006, the IMO Council decided to renew his mandate for
another 4 years, concluding 31 December 2011.
He would be remembered for
superintending the adoption of a highly regressive International treaty on
shipbreaking/recycling that threatens vulnerable migrant workers and fragile
coastal environment of beaches in South Asia
at the behest of shipping companies & ship owning countries. The treaty is
likely to come into force in 2016. He has studied Shipping Economics.
Consequently, he seems to have mastered the art of externalization of
environmental & occupational health costs for the benefit of the affluent
companies & countries.
Source: IMO Watch
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