Sekou Grabs Mills Neck

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President John Evans Atta Mills and Sekou Nkrumah

Sekou Nkrumah, the last child of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has blasted President John Evans Atta Mills, rubbishing his ‘father for all’ mantra.

Instead, Sekou said the President was a notorious hypocrite who should not be taken serious for the things he says.

Sekou, who fell out of favour with the government after being sacked as the boss of the National Youth Council (NYC) for questioning the competence of President Mills, was speaking in an interview over government’s decision to send two of his siblings, Professor Francis Nkrumah and Samia Nkrumah, Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), to Ethiopia to witness the unveiling of a statue in honour of their father.

A statement from the Presidency signed by Communications Director Koku Anyidoho, yesterday, said, “President Mills has invited Dr Francis and Samia Nkrumah, Chairman of the CPP, to join in the unveiling of a statue in honour of their father, for the leading role he played in the African liberation struggle as well as the Pan Africanist Movement.”

The President is expected to leave Accra for Addis Ababa on Friday to attend the 18th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union (AU) and would be accompanied by the two.

 Sekou sees everything wrong with the move since he was neither invited nor informed by government or his own siblings, noting, “The man who says he is the father of all now shows how hypocritical he is.”

Apart from the fact that he was not informed of it, Sekou said he was also not invited for the trip.

Sekou said he was not the least worried about the development because of how he was virtually sidelined during the centenary celebration of the life of his late father when he was not included in the programme like his other siblings.

He asked, “Is it because I have declared support for Akufo-Addo so I’m no longer Nkrumah’s son?”

Sekou believed he was deliberately not informed by government because of his criticism of the President and his administration.

“Let them do what they like. That’s their problem; honestly I care less,” he noted.

“I am more disappointed in my siblings not with the government because I have seen how governments behave; once you are opposed to them, they want to sideline you but that is not my concern but when it’s from your own siblings who will do a thing like that then honestly I mean it’s quite sad. 

“It’s really interesting that my own siblings too because of the little things they will get travelling with the President; they will also not discuss the matter with me. I find it very strange,” he stated, wondering whether Samia and Francis think they are more of Nkrumah’s children than he Sekou.

In spite of all this, the tough-talking politician stated, “I’m not worried at all but it just tells me that if you are going to represent the truth and fight for the best interest of Ghanaians and therefore looking for the best leadership that can really turn this country’s around, then it appears you are the bad one because I am not a bootlicker going to bootlick those in power for favours, for travels or whatever it is then I appear to be the bad son of Nkrumah.

“So let it be, if those of us who continue to fight for what is right who happens to be the bad once, I don’t mind; my conscience is clear. I will continue to fight for Ghana and I’m not fighting for my personal interest for the majority of Ghanaians to have a better life.”

Reshuffle Is A Big Joke

“Sekou also made a mockery of the President’s latest cabinet reshuffle, describing it as a joke since, according to him, “he (the President) is just moving people from one Ministry to the other and back to the same Ministry.”

“I think it’s just recycling the old people they have and then moving people around. When he started in 2009, Prof should have started with his first team. If now he is still reshuffling and making changes, I don’t think what he couldn’t do in three years he can do in one year.

 “If someone is competent you leave him where he is, if someone is incompetent, you don’t go and put him in another Ministry; I mean the whole thing is a joke and it looks like just giving job for the boys,” he emphasised.

He cited the appointment of Said Sinare as Ghana’s Ambassador to Egypt as a clear example, wondering, “What value is he going to add? He’s the same person who when I had problems with Mills, he was trying to tell me to be patient.”

Dr Sekou Nkrumah believed that the patience Sinare was talking about was to get something for himself because in his opinion, “people are just supporting personalities and governments just to get something for themselves.”

He equally did not see the wisdom in appointing the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South constituency, Fritz Baffour, as Information Minister.

 “If he was that good, do you wait for the fourth year before you appoint him as Minister and by the time he goes through vetting and settles down, when is he going to start work?” Sekou asked. 

He said, “It is high time Ghanaians voted and changed Mills and his incompetent government.”

By Charles Takyi-Boadu

NPP supporters’ houses set ablaze in Bawku

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Several houses belonging to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East region of Ghana were on Friday dawn set ablaze.

The burnt houses included that of the former Bawku NPP constituency chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala. The incident took place at one of the hotspots in the Bawku township called Zongo.

Amadu Hamza, the Bawku NPP Secretary, suspected the NDC youth in Bawku were behind the arson.

“We think that the attack was politically motivated by members of the ruling government since Mahama Ayariga [NDC parliamentary candidate for the area] came out earlier to allege that NPP members were burning NDC members’ homes two weeks ago,” he said.

“We believe the situation is not calm because there are indications that this is just the beginning and we are expecting government to strengthen the local security arrangement on the ground,” Hamza added.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister for Education and the NDC Parliamentary candidate for Bawku, Mahama Ayariga, who had earlier raised alarm on a similar attack on NDC members condemned the act.

He denied the allegation that his party supporters were behind the arson.

“I totally condemn this things and I want to give the assurance that no member or leader in our party will support such acts,” he said. “People are trying to create the impression that given the numerous complaints that I have made on this issue mean the NDC members are retaliating. ”

“We have been cautioning all our supporters not to attempt to engage in any act of retaliation and leave the matter in the hands of the police,” he added.

The deputy education minister therefore pleaded with supporters of the two major political parties in Bawku to co-exist peacefully.

Ayariga impressed upon the security operatives in Bawku to strengthen their intelligence systems to be able to apprehend the arsonists.

Source: Citifmonline

Woyome Thrown Out

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Alfred Agbesi Woyome

ALFRED AGBESI Woyome, the man at the centre of the GH¢58 million judgment debt scandal, has been thrown out by a Fast Track High Court in Accra in a civil suit he had filed against Triumphant Global Ministries and the head pastor of the church.

In a case akin to the one in which he ‘fraudulently’ obtained a colossal amount from government, Mr. Woyome (plaintiff) had sued the church (1st defendant) and its head pastor (2nd defendant) for refund of various sums of money; ¢620,720,000.00 (GH¢62,000) and US$5,000 he allegedly advanced to them as loans.

However, Mr. Woyome, who was said to be a deacon of the church at the time of the alleged transaction, could not produce any documentary evidence that he had given the defendants any loan, neither were his key witnesses credible enough to bail him out, leaving the court with no option than to throw out the case.

While he said there were no written documents witnessing the alleged loans since it was not the practice of the church to prepare documents covering loans, his witnesses, who were all described as rebels of the church, contended that there were records covering all the monies received from him as loans since they were the ones who contracted the loans for and on behalf of the church.

They could, however, not provide a single record to support their claims.

Giving his ruling, Justice Yaw Appau concluded that the plaintiff could not succeed on his claim, “which this court finds frivolous, unmeritorious, unwarranted and at best, an afterthought as the defendants contended in their statement of defence.”

The case was accordingly dismissed with costs.

In his statement of claim, the NDC bankroller said the total of monies he granted to the defendants as loans came to ¢620,720,000.00 and $5,000. 

Accordingly, he prayed the court to grant him judgment since the defendants had ignored all demands made by him for the repayment of the loans. 

But the 2nd defendant who represented the 1st defendant in their statement of defence filed on July 27, 2004, categorically denied Mr. Woyome’s claim.

They denied that Mr. Woyome ever granted loans to the defendants to the tune of ¢620,750,000.00 and US$5,000 or to any tune and demanded strict proof of this allegation by the plaintiff. 

According to them, when the plaintiff became a member of the church, he, like all other members, contributed financially to the programmes and activities of the church by way of gifts, donations, offertory and tithing.

They described Mr. Woyome as someone who was always ready to top up monies collected by way of appeal for funds for specific projects as a way of expressing his appreciation for God’s bountiful blessing upon his life. 

However, at a point in time, Mr. Woyome and his ilk attempted to remove the head pastor of the church and when that failed, he resorted to the court action.

Justice Appau said the main issues up for determination were whether or not Mr. Woyome ever granted loans to the defendants to enable them to carry out programmes of the church, whether or not those monies given to the church by Woyome were in appreciation of God’s bountiful blessings upon his life and whether or not he was entitled to his claim or any of the reliefs asked for. 

According to the judge, Mr. Woyome testified and called three witnesses. Two of the witnesses, Pastor Asomaning and Pastor Newman, were former pastors of the church who had left just like Mr. Woyome and established their own churches or joined others.

According to the judge, “It is a notorious principle of law that he who asserts must proof.”

In the instant suit, he said, since it was Mr. Woyome who said he granted various loans to the defendants, totaling ¢620,750,000.00 and then $5,000, an allegation the defendants denied, it behoved him to lead such evidence that would tilt in his favour the existence of the facts asserted in his claim.

The judge concluded that Mr. Woyome could not lead any such evidence to establish his claim. 

He said on the contrary, Mr. Woyome and his witnesses who described themselves as pastors or men of God, proved to be disgruntled former members of the church who, after failing in their bid to get rid of the head pastor as the leader of the church, took this action against the defendants among several others.

The judge pointed out that while Mr. Woyome could not lead any evidence, either oral or documentary, to support his claim that he granted loans to the tune of ¢620,750,000.00 and US$5,000, to either the 1st defendant or the 2nd defendant or both, the particulars of the alleged loans in his statement of claim did not tally with the total figure of ¢620,750,000.00, which he gave as the cedi component of the loan. 

The total of the alleged loans, which plaintiff said he gave to the defendants in cedis, from his own pleading, is ¢524,720,000.00 and not ¢620,750,000.00, which he gave as the total. 

“The plaintiff who brought the defendants to court to demand the repayment of a loan facility of ¢620,750,000.00 and another $5,000 could not lead any evidence to establish how the said loans were contracted, where contracted, when contracted and the terms of payment,” the trial judge concluded. 

By Awudu Mahama

Robbers Rape Student Nurse

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A FIRST YEAR student of the Midwifery Training School (MTS) at Mampong in the Ashanti Region has suffered the ordeal of having three stoutly-built male armed robbers gang-raping her in the full glare of her colleagues.

The dastardly act occurred around 12:30am of Thursday at the Adom Hostel at Mampong where a group of eight masked robbers had besieged the hostel, robbing the innocent students and satisfying their libidos as well.

Four other students in the hostel also suffered the trauma of having the robbers inserting their fingers in their vaginas in the presence of other students.

Two students who woke up to witness the eight robbers wielding deadly weapons in their room collapsed and were rushed to a hospital for treatment.

The runaway robbers, who were on a robbery spree at the hostel, managed to rob the students of their valuables including two laptops, mobile phones and undisclosed sums of money.

A student nurse who was at the scene told DAILY GUIDE that one of the students woke up around 12:30 am to urinate outside and the robbers, who were hiding at the scene, took advantage of that to enter the hostel.

The student noticed the presence of the hoodlums so she hurriedly raced back into the hostel but the gangsters caught up with her and took full control of the hostel.

The eight masked robbers, after getting access to the hostel, then at gunpoint, ordered the poor girls to surrender all their belongings, else they would be shot.

The hoodlums reportedly forcibly broke into twelve rooms in the hostel, robbing the students of their valuables including laptops, mobile phones and some undisclosed amount of money.

In the course of the robbery expedition which lasted for about 45minutes, one of the robbers ordered the poor first-year student to lie down on the floor, an order which she obeyed.

The robber then started raping the poor girl in the presence of her mates and after he had satisfied his libido, his two other colleagues also subjected the poor young girl to several bouts of sex.

Four other students that were wearing night gowns also were not spared by the fiendish-looking gangsters as they forcibly inserted their fingers in their private parts, amid wailings by the poor girls.

The hoodlums then tried breaking into another room to attack those girls inside it and in the course of breaking into the room, one of the robbers mentioned the name of one ‘Awudu’ to stop because they had spent much time at the place.

The robbers, wielding deadly weapons such as hammers, sharp knives and locally-manufactured pistols, then bolted with their booty, leaving no trace of where they fled to.

Minutes after they had left, the students called the police who rushed to the scene but the gangsters had by that time vanished with their booty, an eyewitness who looked traumatized stated.

The five poor students, including the first year student that was gang-raped, were then rushed to the hospital for treatment by their colleagues.

Meanwhile, DAILY GUIDE gathered that the students at Adom Hostel are living in fear following the deadly attack.

The paper learnt that most of the students are contemplating leaving the hostel for another hostel in the area where their safety could be guaranteed.

But sources hinted that the school’s management was working hard to intensify security at the Adom Hostel to avert another attack.

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi

Changes to Sauti za Busara festival line up

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Busara Promotions makes two announcements concerning two artists scheduled to perform at Sauti za Busara 2012. We are confident all other artists as announced on our website www.busaramusic.org will perform as scheduled.

Lady Jaydee will sadly not be able to perform at Sauti za Busara 2012 due to health reasons. Her eagerly anticipated return to Sauti za Busara since 2006 was scheduled for Thursday 9th February. Festival organisers wish Lady Jaydee a very swift recovery and will soon announce who will take to the stage as headline artist.

A statement from her manager Gardner G. Habesh was received today: “As much as Lady Jaydee wanted to be a part of this year’s Sauti za Busara, I regret to report that she is sick and her doctor advised that she must have a bed rest for not less than three months before she resume her daily activities. Lady Jaydee will not be seen on any show for the said period.”

Yusuf Mahmoud, Festival Director, responded: “We wish Lady Jaydee a speedy recovery back to health. Lady Jaydee is one of Tanzania’s best loved artists. We and our audiences will miss her greatly at the opening night. Of course she is irreplaceable, but we hope soon to announce who will headline for this night.”

Busara Promotions is deeply shocked and saddened by passing on of Seven Survivor band leader Juma Mpogo a.k.a. General Lupozi. Juma died Sunday 22nd January. He is survived his wife and two children. He was lead composer, vocalist and keyboard player for the band. Seven Survivor is one of Dar es Salaam’s leading exponents playing mchiriku, a style of music that has been extremely popular around disadvantaged areas of Dar es Salaam, Coastal and Morogoro regions for more than twenty years. The band has confirmed their participation despite the absence of their deceased band leader and will battle Jagwa Music Saturday 11th February at the festival for the best mchiriku group title popularly known as Nani Zaidi?

Sauti za Busara provides a platform for local musicians to experience music from other parts of Africa, whilst introducing East African music to the visitors. In any society this kind of interchange is vital to the health and development of musical styles. Sauti za Busara Busara Promotions PO Box 3635 Zanzibar, Tanzania +255 24 223 2423 +255 784 925 499 +255 773 822 294 [email protected] www.busaramusic.org provides an example of an event designed to develop, for locals and visitors, an appreciation of the uniqueness, wealth and diversity of music from the region. It shows there is beauty in our traditional music, with employment and income to be gained in sustaining it.

Artistic and technical workshops and seminars have been a key element of Busara’s activities, aimed for musicians, media professionals, arts managers, technicians and cultural workers from the region. These workshops have helped to build knowledge and skills for the long-term cultural benefit of East Africa.

Sauti za Busara music festival, 8 – 12 February 2012 is powered by: The Norwegian Embassy, HIVOS, Mimeta, Roskilde Festival Charity Society, Grand Malt, Toyota, Commercial Bank of Africa, Goethe Institut, US Embassy, African Leisure Centre, fly540, Memories, Zanzibar Grand Palace Hotel, Maru Maru Hotel, SMOLE II, Zanlink, Azam Marine, Embassy of France, ZanAir, fROOTS, Times FM, Multi-Color Printers, Ultimate Security, Tabasam Tours, , Emerson Spice, Monsoon Restaurant, Southern Sun Dar es Salaam, Mercury’s, Archipelago Restaurant, Stone Town Café, www.zanzibar.net

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World champion water polo team joins UN conservation effort

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Italian water polo team. Photo: Giorgio Scala

The world champion Italian national water polo team has become the latest advocate recruited by the United Nations in its effort to raise international awareness about water conservation, the world body has announced.

The Italian squad, also known as the azzurri (blues), have become the most recent promoters of ?The Future We Want: Drop by Drop? ? an information campaign spearheaded by the UN Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC) which invites Europeans to create a slogan inspiring others to preserve water.

?For the third year running we have reached out to creative Europeans to help us spread the message, this time with a view to the Rio+20 conference For the third year running we have reached out to creative Europeans to help us spread the message, this time with a view to the Rio+20 conference and on the crucial issue of water.and on the crucial issue of water,? said UNRIC Director Afsan? Bassir-Pour.

The ?Drop by Drop? campaign is part of a larger effort at sensitizing the public to environmental issues ahead of Rio+20, the UN conference on sustainable development, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June.

Noting that people with easy access to water ?tend to waste it,? Ms. Bassir-Pour said that the campaign encouraged Europeans to design a newspaper ad for the UN emphasizing the importance of water as ?the most precious of resources.?

Lorenzo Ravina, head of the Italian delegation, also embraced the newfound cooperation between the Italian team and the UN.

?We are proud for having been chosen by the United Nations to represent this awareness campaign on water preservation,? he said, adding that the Italian Swimming Federation has ?always encouraged the culture of water and whatever, not only sport-wise, is linked to it.?

Mr. Ravina said he was confident that through the Italian delegation?s ?humble contribution,? the UN was ?set to win its challenge? of spreading awareness about the value and importance of water throughout the world.

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Ban spends second day at UN-backed Cyprus reunification talks

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) greets his Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, at Greentree Estate in Manhasset, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder DebebeSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon is meeting again today in New York with the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities in their latest round of talks aimed at reunifying the divided Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus.

The talks at the Greentree Estate on Long Island between the Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Dervis Eroglu, got off to an ?intensive? start yesterday with Mr. Ban making it clear to both parties that he expects them to make progress during the current round of the process, which began in 2008.

?The Secretary-General made his expectations clear this morning that he is looking for the leaders to make decisive moves,? his Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, told reporters last night.

?He also reminded the two leaders that they must keep the big vision of a united Cyprus in their sights,? said Mr. Downer.

The focus of yesterday?s deliberations was on three of the core issues in the negotiations ? the executive, property and citizenship. ?There is clearly still ground to cover in order to make for a successful outcome for this meeting,? he said.

In 2008, both sides agreed to work towards ?a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as defined by relevant Security Council resolutions.? The partnership will comprise a Federal Government with a single international personality, along with a Turkish Cypriot Constituent State and a Greek Cypriot Constituent State, which will be of equal status.

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Cyprus: Ban calls for decisive steps towards final settlement after intensive talks

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) joins hands with Greek and Turkish Cypriot Leaders Demetris Christofias (left) and Dervis Eroglu. UN Photo/Eskinder DebebeThe latest round of United Nations-facilitated talks between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities aimed at the reunification of Cyprus have ended in New York after ?robust and intensive? discussions, Secretary-Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for a decisive move to reach a final agreement.

Mr. Ban, who attended the talks between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Dervis Eroglu, on Monday and Tuesday, said ?limited progress? was achieved during the meeting.

He also reminded both parties that the process is Cypriot-owned and Cypriot-led.

?The UN is not here to impose solutions upon the sides,? MrI have proposed that the sides complete the exchange of data on property within the next two weeks to which they agreed.. Ban told reporters at UN Headquarters, adding that the two sides had come to the meeting to make an effort to resolve the main challenges in the process ? the issues of the election of the executive, property and citizenship.

?In terms of next steps, I have proposed that the sides complete the exchange of data on property within the next two weeks to which they agreed,? said Mr. Ban, whose Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, will brief the Security Council later today on the talks.

?I will be providing a report to the Security Council on the status of the negotiations at the end of February [and] at the end of March I will seek a review of the process from my Special Adviser.

?If his report is positive, consistent with relevant Security Council resolutions and following consultations with the two sides, I intend to call a multilateral conference in late April or early May,? said the Secretary-General.

He stressed that, at this stage of the talks, even maintaining the momentum and continuing negotiations in an intensive manner is not sufficient. ?I have urged the leaders to make decisive steps to move to a final agreement,? he added.

?The United Nations remains convinced that it is in the interest of all Cypriots to reach a durable settlement,? he said.

In 2008, both sides agreed to work towards ?a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as defined by relevant Security Council resolutions.? The partnership will comprise a Federal Government with a single international personality, along with a Turkish Cypriot Constituent State and a Greek Cypriot Constituent State, which will be of equal status.

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UNESCO urges maritime restrictions for World Heritage Sites in Italy

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Venice and its Lagoon. Photo: UNESCO

The United Nations agency tasked with safeguarding the world?s cultural heritage called on Italy today to restrict maritime access to its most culturally and ecologically sensitive areas, including the lagoon city of Venice.

In the wake of the recent Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged the Italian Government to quickly develop alternative plans for seafaring traffic around the World Heritage site of Venice.

The Northern Italian city is a renowned tourist destination and is visited by almost 300 large cruise ships each year.

On 13 January, the hull of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia was torn open after it ran aground off the coast of Tuscany?s Giglio Island. According to media reports, 15 people died and at least 18 are still missing. The ship was also carrying a reported 2,400 tonnes of fuel, prompting widespread concerns about a potential environmental disaster.

?The tragic accident reinforces longstanding concern over the risk that large cruise liners pose to sites inscribed on UNESCO?s World Heritage List, particularly the Venice Lagoon and the Basin of San Marco,? wrote Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO?s Assistant Director-General for Culture, in a letter to the Italian Ministry of the Environment.

Mr. Bandarin, who was writing on behalf of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, also expressed the agency?s condolences for ?the tragic loss of life? caused by the accident and praised the efforts of rescue teams and the local population in dealing with the disaster?s aftermath.

The regular cruise liner traffic in Venice has contributed to damaging the fragile structure of the city, according to the agency. The massive ships cause water tides that erode the foundations of buildings and contribute to polluting the natural environment of the surrounding lagoon.

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UN maritime official calls for probe into cruise ship incident off Italian coast

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IMO Secretary-General-elect Koji Sekimizu. Photo: Imo.un

A senior United Nations official today called for a thorough investigation into the incident involving the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy over the weekend.

?In the centenary year of the Titanic, we have once again been reminded of the risks involved in maritime activities,? Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), said in a speech to the agency?s Sub-Committee on Stability, Load Lines and Fishing Vessel Safety.

Mr. Sekimizu expressed his condolences to the families oI would like to urge the Flag State administration to carry out the casualty investigation covering all aspects of this accident and provide the findings to the IMO.f those who lost their lives in the tragic incident that occurred on Friday near Giglio Island.

Six people reportedly died and at least 16 are missing after the Costa Concordia?s hull was torn open after it ran aground. A total of 4,200 passengers and crew were on board the vessel, according to media reports.

?Causes of this accident are still not yet established,? noted Mr. Sekimizu. ?We must wait for the casualty investigation and should not pre-judge or speculate at this stage.

?I would like to urge the Flag State administration to carry out the casualty investigation covering all aspects of this accident and provide the findings to the IMO,? he added.

Mr. Sekimizu voiced his appreciation to the Italian Coast Guard for their rescue operations over the night of the accident, adding that the IMO must not take this accident lightly.

?We should seriously consider the lessons to be learnt and, if necessary, re-examine the regulations on the safety of large passenger ships in the light of the findings of the casualty investigation,? he stated.

The IMO, based in London, is the UN specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships.

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