India re-elected to International Maritime Organisation Council

London, December 2 : India has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation under a category that represents nations with the largest interests in international sea-borne trade.
India was re-elected to the body under Category B at an assembly of the organisation at its headquarters here on Friday.
Indian High Commissioner to the UK YK Sinha represented India at the assembly where India secured the second highest number of votes (144) from member-countries, just after Germany’s 146 and ahead of Australia’s 143.
The other countries to make the cut included France (140), Canada (138), Spain (137), Brazil (131), Sweden (129), the Netherlands (124) and the UAE (115).