Fiji Times Thursday 17 August 2017 FIJI is one of 12 countries of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) that has complied with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
Presenting the progress of the Pacific Island Marine and Ocean Services (PIMOS) Panel before the PMC, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System officer Dr Tommy Moore said remaining member states needed to comply with the convention.
“As of March 2016, member countries that have complied with the convention are Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.”
There are nine member countries that have yet to comply with the convention, of these Nauru and Tokelau are new members to the PMC.
“There are plans in place for all member countries to comply with the SOLAS convention,” he said. Read more…
