The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy-Prime Minister Ian Borg signed an agreement in Vienna establishing a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the establishment of the Global Centre for Maritime Sanctions Monitoring (GCMSM) in Malta.
Yesterday, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Christopher Cutajar, posed for a photo with a UN flag at an office on Republic Street, announcing the location of the new office.
In a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minsitry stated that centre is “designed to support real-time monitoring of sanctions implementation at sea, strengthen the integrity of flag registries, and reinforce global maritime domain awareness”. This means there will be a centre which for the first time unifies and consolidates the work on maritime sanctions between different nations.
The centre is being launched in coordination with Antigua and Barbuda. Malta will also be providing technical assistance to flag-states udner the EU-funded MUSE project.
Malta is the largest flag-registry in Europe.
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