Source: www.imo.org
IMO Secretary-General Emeritus Dr. C.P. Srivastava, KCMG,
Secretary-General Emeritus of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),
has died in Italy, aged 93.
Mr Koji Sekimizu, IMO Secretary-General, expressed his
sincere condolences to the Indian Government and Dr. C.P. Srivastava’s
remaining family, and also the condolences of the entire IMO membership and
staff.
Dr Srivastava was born on 8 July 1920 and was educated in
Lucknow, India (obtaining BA, MA and LLB degrees).
He started his career as a civil servant in the Indian
Administrative Service in India, serving as the district administrator in
Meerut and Lucknow, and then went on to the post of Joint Secretary to the
Indian Prime Minister's office of the late Lal Bahadur Shastri from 1964
to1966.
”It is with great
sadness that we have learned of the passing of Dr. C.P. Srivastava, the
longest-serving Secretary-General of the Organization,” Mr. Sekimizu said in a
statement released to media.
”Dr. C.P.
Srivastava was a truly great Secretary-General who established the World
Maritime University and placed IMO's work on technical co-operation in a
central position in the work of the Organization, in order to promote the
implementation of IMO conventions on a
truly global scale,” he said.
During Dr. Srivastava’s tenure as Secretary-General, from
1974 until his retirement on 31 December 1989, IMO increased its membership
considerably.
Dr. Srivastava was well known for his relentless efforts
to make IMO known to the developing world and for encouraging developing
countries to join the “rich men’s club”, as IMO was often referred to at the
time. This shaped the structure of the Organization’s membership to its present
status, whereby two-thirds of the 170-strong membership (and three Associate
Members) is represented by developing countries, making a significant
contribution to IMO.
Dr. Srivastava’s
leadership of IMO is associated with the success of the 1978 Tanker Safety and
Pollution Prevention (TSPP) Conference, and the development and adoption of the
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, the International Convention on
Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, the Convention for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), 1988, and
related Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of
Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf, and many other treaties and
Codes.
Dr. Srivastava will be remembered for his visionary and
pioneering role and his ceaseless efforts in the establishment of IMO’s global
educational institutions, including the World Maritime University (WMU), in Malmö,
Sweden, and the International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI), in Malta.
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