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July 18, 2011

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REMINDER THURS 21 JULY PIRACY UPDATE PRESS CONF

News Release International Maritime Organization (IMO) July 18, 2011
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Orchestrating the response&#8221; &#8211; the first six months </SPAN></B></P>
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Headquarters</SPAN></B></P>
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21 July 2011</SPAN></B><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">You are invited to
attend a press conference on<B> </B>&#8220;Piracy: Orchestrating the response&#8221; &#8211; the
first six months&#8221;: an update on activities under the IMO action plan for the
World Maritime Day theme 2011.<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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and time:</SPAN></I><SPAN
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Thursday 21 July, 11:30 a.m. </SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><I></I></SPAN></P>
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<SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN>IMO
Headquarters, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>11.30
am.<SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>Arrival<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>11.45 a.m. <SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>Presentation by</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Secretary-General, IMO</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>12.00 p.m.<SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>Presentation by Maritime Security Section, Maritime Safety Division, and
Project Implementation Unit for the Djibouti Code of Conduct</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>12.30 p.m.<SPAN>&nbsp;
</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Question and
answer session </SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>1.00 p.m.
<SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Refreshments
(informal conversation can continue)<SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">RSVP:</SPAN></I><SPAN
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</SPAN>Please confirm your attendance to <A
href="redir.aspx?C=aab72feb761f4ff29dbb837e61e0cd4d&amp;URL=mailto%3amedia%40imo.org"><SPAN><FONT
color=#000000 face=Verdana>media@imo.org</FONT></SPAN></A> by 20 July 2011. For
security reasons, please give the name(s) of those attending. </SPAN></P>
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to:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
<SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN><A
href="redir.aspx?C=aab72feb761f4ff29dbb837e61e0cd4d&amp;URL=mailto%3amedia%40imo.org"><SPAN><FONT
color=#000000 face=Verdana>media@imo.org</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lee Adamson:
<SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>020 7587 3153</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Natasha Brown: <SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>020 7587 3274 </SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>