Final deadline for nominations for the ۲۰۱۵ IMO Bravery Award announced
TIN news: IMO has announced that the final deadline for nominations for the 2015 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea is Wendesday, 15th of April.
The Award recognizes those who, at the risk of losing their own life, perform acts of exceptional bravery, display outstanding courage in attempting to save life at sea or in attempting to prevent or mitigate damage to the marine environment.
Nominations for the Award may be made by United Nations Member States; intergovernmental organizations; and/or non-governmental international organizations in consultative status with IMO.
The recipient of the Award will be presented with a medal, which will be accompanied by a certificate citing the act of exceptional bravery performed. The presentation will take place at a special ceremony to be held in conjunction with the celebration of next year's World Maritime Day or another major IMO occasion, as appropriate.
Although the Award is, in principle, to be awarded annually, the Council may decide not to make an award in any particular year if, in its opinion, the acts performed by the shortlisted nominees for that year do not merit such a distinction. In such cases, the Council may, nevertheless, decide to recommend that acts performed by such nominees should be recognized by the Organization through the award of an appropriate certificate of commendation.
The Secretary-General would be most grateful if nominations of candidates to be considered for the 2015 Award (for actions performed during the period 1 March 2014 to 28 February 2015) could be sent as soon as possible in order to reach IMO by no later than 15 April 2015. It should be noted that actions performed outside the qualifying period, and nominations received after the deadline has expired, will not be eligible for consideration.
Nominations should indicate clearly the nominating Government (and need not be confined to its own nationals) or organization and bear an appropriate mark of authentication. To this end, a nomination form, which should be completed ( see annex 2).
In addition, in order to ensure that adequate information is given to enable the Panel of Judges to assess the merits of the candidates concerned and to facilitate the task of the Panel of Judges in considering the nominations for the 2015 Award, a form entitled "Description of Circumstances and Events" has been developed (see annex 3), which should also be completed and submitted by nominating Governments/organizations, together with the nomination form, and a short narrative of events (not exceeding three pages).