PRESS RELEASE: ICS WELCOMES UN RESOLUTION ON KEY WORKER STATUS FOR SEAFARERS
Circular Ref: A(20)223
Issue Date: 03 Dec 2020
Members are invited to note that the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued a press release (Annex A) welcoming a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, which calls for all countries around the world to designate seafarers as key workers.
he resolution can be found at Annex B (or downloaded from https://www.undocs.org/en/A/75/L.37) along with the remarks made by the Indonesian Ambassador to the UN at Annex C.
The IMO has also issued a press release which can be viewed on their website https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/44-seafarers-UNGA-resolution.aspx. While the resolution is not binding it does urge Member States to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers.