Communications received from Member States and Associated Members
List of Circular Letters with COVID-19 related notifications received from Member States and Associate Members (updated weekly)
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Joint Statement IMO-ICAO-ILO on designation of seafarers, marine personnel, fishing vessel personnel, offshore energy sector personnel, aviation personnel, air cargo supply chain personnel and service provider personnel at airports and ports as key wor...
Statement to enlist the support of Governments for the facilitation of crew changes in ports and airports in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joint Statement IMO-WHO-ILO on medical certificates of seafarers, ship sanitation certificates and medical care of seafarers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Statement to assist States in ensuring that health measures are implemented in ways that minimize unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade.
Video meeting with port State control (PSC) regimes
Promotes harmonized action, assistance and a pragmatic approach with respect to PSC inspections at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initiates a compilation of existing guidance developed by PSC regimes, with a view to global harmonization of these practices and will be maintained on the IMO webs
Joint statement IMO-UNCTAD – Call for collaborative action in support of keeping ships moving, ports open and cross-border trade flowing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Encourages Governments to take all necessary measures to keep ships moving, ports open and cross-border trade flowing
Addresses in particular facilitating crew changes, key worker designation, pragmatic approach to extensions and waivers, digitalization
Joint Statement IMO-WHO on the Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
Statement to assist States in ensuring that health measures are implemented in ways that minimize unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade.
Recommends to respect requirements of "free pratique" for ships, proper
care for all travellers, prevention of unnecessary delays to ships while
recognizing need to prevent spread of disease; and
Reference to the FAL Convention on application of WHO International
Health Regulations (IHR) to international shipping.
Seafarer Crisis Action Team (SCAT)
Intervene in specific cases regarding crew changes, repatriation, access to medical care and/or abandonment, where resolution at the UN/diplomatic level is required
Central repository of all information on the IMO website
Contains statements of the SG, press briefings, technical advice issued by CL (4204 and addenda), COVID-19 related notifications received from MS (including summary table), WHO advice, links to various information sources
Trade facilitation (TF) measures in times of crisis and epidemic - additional component for the UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation
Adding to the existing UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation (untfsurvey.org) and emerging best practices, an additional survey component on TF measures in times of crisis and epidemic will be developed and implemented for the Survey in 2021.
Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements
In support of “building back better” after COVID-19, the initiative aims to develop model provisions in regional and other trade agreements to promote more trade cooperation and predictability in times of crisis and pandemic – and speed up recovery.
Increased policy coherence and sustainability of national production and consumption patterns in North- South and South-South agriculture trade
As part of the project, an analysis of the impact of trade requirements and procedures on food losses behind, at and beyond the border. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, food security and food safety have been brought to the forefront of public policy, having a multifaceted impact on trade in agricultural products, and as such this project will further consider such emerging policy implications.