Ghana is hosting an inter-departmental meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to dissect the draft Supplementary Act aimed at suppressing illicit maritime activities in the cub-region.
Participants at the four-day meeting in Accra would analyse the Act, which is designed to foster international cooperation in the fight against maritime crime and enhance law enforcement by member states.
In a working document made available to the Ghana News Agency in Tema, Mr Serge Kouadio Koffi, the Programme Officer, IT and Communication
Directorate of External Relations, ECOWAS Commission, said the draft Supplementary Act was being developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of the Support to West Africa Integrated Maritime Security (SWAIMS), funded by the European Union.
The SWAIMS project is to support member states to strengthen the prosecution of piracy and other
maritime crimes by improving the application of the rule of law at sea and on land.
It also seeks to focus on the development of a regional maritime legal framework, its dissemination, and sensitisation initiatives, ensuring that new maritime crime legislation is drafted and submitted for approval.
The project would deal with the development of memoranda of understanding about the prosecution of maritime crime suspects and Standard Operating Procedures, Mr Koffi said.
He said the meeting would ensure that member states were able to tackle the threats of maritime crimes, including piracy, armed robbery at sea, and trafficking in drugs, people, and weapons, and to secure the waters of coastal states.
Latest Stories
-
Women’s FA Cup semis: Army Ladies face FC Epiphany; Police Ladies up against Supreme Ladies
28 mins -
Police haul in Kwadaso MP, EC officials in probe of Ejisu by-election ‘bribery’ case
1 hour -
Ghana’s press freedom ranking: Are we actually improving?
2 hours -
Reflections: 50 Lessons at 50
3 hours -
NCCE briefs Council of State on civic plans for 2024
3 hours -
Ecobank Group reports Profit Before Tax of $581m, on net revenue of $2.1bn for 2023
3 hours -
More businesses are working to move out of Ghana – Food and Beverages Association
3 hours -
Empowering Ghana’s Environmental Narrative: Celebrating World Press Freedom Day 2024
3 hours -
AG hasn’t closed investigations into Cecilia Dapaah’s case – Spokesman
3 hours -
Ghana Tourism Authority celebrates ‘Feast Ghana’ on May Day with a Taste of Culture
3 hours -
Fella Makafui gets emotional and teary-eyed reacting to old video with Medikal
4 hours -
FBNBank Ghana changes to FirstBank Ghana to align with Group identity
4 hours -
Agogo Presby Hospital celebrates staff over zero maternal death record
5 hours -
Ghana isn’t broke to procure high and low-voltage poles – Energy Minister
5 hours -
Appiatse residents handed keys to newly constructed homes
5 hours