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The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries at the 2nd general meeting of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) held from 16 to 18, the revised version of the letter ‘Boundary between oceans and seas’ (S-23), which uses the mark’ Sea of Japan ‘Announced on the 15th that it will be decided whether to produce and publish’ 130 ‘.
The S-23, first edition in 1929, marked the East Sea as “Sea of Japan”. Japan has endorsed the statement that the name of the East Sea of Korea is “Sea of Japan” based on this.
In response, the Korean government has insisted on the ‘East Sea’ weapon since 1997, but it was not adequately reflected, and after the first general meeting of the IHO in April 2017, it began informal consultations with Korea. North and Japan.
However, as the two Koreas did not reach an agreement until last year, the IHO Secretary General proposed a method to mark the sea with a “unique code” instead of a nomination.
The new standard that reflects this method is’S-130 ‘. Member States will decide on the introduction of the’S-130 ‘at this general meeting.
According to the Ministry of Maritime and Related Affairs, the reaction of member countries to the introduction of the S-130 is generally positive, and the likelihood of approval is high. The decision on this will begin at 9 p.m. on the 16, Korean time, and will be made the next morning.
The general meeting will also discuss how to establish an online educational institution called the “e-learning center” within the International Hydrographic Organization and review the technical resolution within the organization.
The board of directors will also organize to conduct the next session. Korea is said to be in sixth place among the top 10 countries in terms of gross tonnage of national flags, so it is said that it is very likely to be successful in entering member countries in the second phase (2020-2022) after of the first (2017-2019).
The general meeting was initially scheduled to take place in Monaco in April, but due to the global spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), it was changed to non-face-to-face and the schedule was delayed.
More than 90 member countries from around the world participate in the General Assembly. In Korea, 26 experts, including the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hydrographic Society of Korea and the East Sea Research Group, participate as delegations.
Dongsik Woo, Director of International Cooperation Policy, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said: “We will do our best to actively respond and make efforts to approve the agenda of our interest at this general meeting of the IHO.” Will “he said.
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