Shafaq News- New York
Some 6,000 seafarers have been trapped in the Strait of Hormuz areasince the conflict began, and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) isaddressing their evacuation first, a senior IMO official told Shafaq News.
Luca Spataro, principal secretary in the Executive Office of the IMOSecretary-General, said the UN shipping agency is working on mechanisms toevacuate the crews, whom he described as innocent seafarers, and is providingongoing support to those who remain stranded.
IMO had previously evacuated 136 vessels carrying about 2,900 seafarersthrough alternative routes in June, but the operation was later suspended aftersafety guarantees could no longer be assured.
Since the conflict began on Feb. 28, IMO has also verified at least 80attacks on international shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, killingat least 22 seafarers.
Clearing The Shipping Lanes
The IMO is also working to ensure that any affected sections of theTraffic Separation Scheme, the designated shipping lanes through the strait,are cleared of mines to protect commercial vessels, Spataro said. If temporaryrouting measures are needed until then, the agency is actively discussing themwith several member states.
Once the conflict ends, the IMO stands ready to help countries inbilateral or multilateral negotiations to establish safeguards and guarantees"so that no vessel is targeted," Spataro said. Addressing the rootcauses of the conflict, however, falls to member states, whether bilaterally,through the UN General Assembly or the Security Council, and lies outside theIMO's mandate, he added.
Houthis And The Red Sea
On the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the passage linking the Red Sea to the Gulfof Aden, Spataro said there is an intention to pursue negotiations among theparties involved. Because Yemen's Houthis are not an internationally recognizedgovernment, the IMO is awaiting progress through official intermediaries andmember states in contact with them, while dealing formally with the Yemenigovernment, he said.
Countries in the region beyond Saudi Arabia are working closely with theYemeni government to help reach a resolution, according to Spataro. "Thelonger these disputes persist and disrupt high-volume maritime corridors likeBab al-Mandeb and the Strait of Hormuz, the more acutely the entire globaleconomy will suffer from supply shortages and escalating shipping costs."
Pipelines No Substitute For Shipping
Asked about proposals to bypass Hormuz, such as a pipeline from Iraq toSyria's Mediterranean port of Baniyas, Spataro said multimodal routes arewelcome as complementary infrastructure, but replacing the sheer volume, scaleand speed of maritime shipping remains extraordinarily difficult. The priority,he said, is for regional conflicts to end so that merchant ships can movefreely under international maritime law.
On calls to expand the UN Security Council, including by TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Spataro said structural reform is for memberstates to decide. He described modernizing multilateral governance, includingthe Council's composition, as part of the UN's natural evolution as it marksits 80th anniversary.
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For Shafaq News, Mustafa Hashem, New York
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