Establishment of tripartite cooperation between the WCO, ICAO and IMO to secure and facilitate trade

The following is excerpted from an 8 July 2013 news release by the World Customs Organization.

On 8 July 2013, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr. Raymond Benjamin, and the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Koji Sekimizu, at IMO Headquarters in London to consider further stepping up collaboration between the three Organizations in the fields of aviation, border and maritime security and facilitation.

In a spirit of cooperation, the Secretaries General held strategic discussions on cross-cutting supply chain risk management issues, recognizing that international cooperation is fundamental in fulfilling the mandates and achieving the objectives of their respective Organizations.

This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2013/july/establishment-of-tripartite-cooperation-between-the-wco-icao-and-imo-to-secure-and-facilitate-trade.aspx