Maritime
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MO’s maritime security provisions and the IMO
treaties for the suppression of unlawful acts
against the safety of navigation can be seen in
the wider context of the global fight against
terrorism. The United Nations Counter-Terror-
ism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED)
carries out assessment visits to countries to as-
sess their compliance with various international
security instruments. IMO has participated in a follow-up
UNCTED assessment visit to Greece (31 January to 1 Feb-
ruary), alongside the World Customs Organization (WCO),
the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and
the international police agency Interpol.
The visit (which was a follow-up to a 2010 assessment)
focused in particular on Greece's experience with in-
ter-agency cooperation on risk assessment, amongst en-
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