paragraph 72 in volume 1, chapter 5, Advisory Opinions
The International Maritime Organization (formerly the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization), at the first session of its Assembly in 1959, unanimously requested the opinion on the Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee (original proposal by Liberia).1
On receipt of the opinion, the Secretary-General of IMCO first transmitted it officially to the Council of the Organization which, in turn, decided to place the matter on the agenda of the Second A…