Officials attending the eighth meeting of the Response Officers to Combat Oil Spills and Maritime Accidents at Grand Heritage Hotel.
Doha: The eighth meeting of the Response Officers to Combat Oil Spills and Maritime Accidents, was held at Grand Heritage Hotel recently. The event was organised by the Permanent Emergency Committee in association with Ministry of Environment and Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC), subordinate to the Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment.
The meeting was attended by delegations from GCC countries and some other neighbouring states with authorities from International Marine Organization (IMO), Interpol and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The meeting comes in line with Resolution No. 15-2 of the 16th meeting of the Ministerial Council of the ROPME, which was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 28, 2013.
Capt Abdul Moneim al Jenahi, the Director of Memac Center lauded the role of Response officers in protecting the marine environment answering to the importance of our marine regions and praised the suggestions and recommendations made by the officers to the TOPME ministerial council.
He added that Response Officers Committee has revealed these proposals and recommendations as concrete reality with case studies and projects that add in the protection of the marine environment of the Member States in the organisation and enhance coordination and cooperation among them.
Among these studies and projects comes the Establishment of Marine Environmental High Risk Areas, Master Plan and Marine Emergency Rescue and Coordination Center.
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