OPEN LETTER
Open letter requesting the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to repeal the Libyan SAR zone
Dear Secretary General Kitack Lim,
After Libya and Malta signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 28 May 2020 to provide a bilateral legal basis for unlawful practices, it is urgent for the IMO, as the UN maritime authority, to remove the Libyan SAR zone from official records. Italy also renewed its MoU with Libya in February 2020, despite acknowledging that it was (...)
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