>IMO Secretary-General Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, at a special ceremony at IMO Headquarters on 23 November 2009, during the 26th session of the Organization’s Assembly presented Awards for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.
In a linked ceremony, Certificates for Exceptional Services Rendered to Shipping and Mankind were presented to the Commanding Officers, Officers, Petty Officers and Crews of navy ships (from EU and NATO member countries and several other individual countries from various regions), which have participated in the international efforts to repress piracy off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden.
Certificates were presented to Commanding Officers (or their representatives) of ships from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.
The list is of the recipients is long and divers. But never the less it shows that the work done by navies in the Gulf of Aden is appreciated by the merchantmen.
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