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cord-032599-b4lcqzcv	Doumbia-Henry, Cleopatra	Shipping and COVID-19: protecting seafarers as frontline workers	2020-09-24		.txt	text/plain	4923	216	47	There has been extraordinary cooperation among all the relevant United Nations agencies-the International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Labour Organization (ILO), World Health Organization (WHO) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)-maritime stakeholders and in particular shipping and ports, to collectively address the pandemic and minimize the risk for global trade and on human health. On 8 June, the IMO Secretary-General and the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) called on governments to facilitate crew changes and ensure crew well-being by facilitating repatriation and the safe return home of seafarers, marine personnel, fishing vessel personnel, offshore energy sector personnel and service provider personnel at ports as "key workers" providing an essential service, regardless of nationality when in their jurisdiction, and to exempt them from travel restrictions. 22 The stakeholders in the maritime industry have called on governments to ensure that, when implementing measures to protect public health and address COVID-19, they do not introduce obstacles to ship and port operations, including the movement of seafarers and marine personnel, as defined by IMO instruments and the MLC 2006.	./cache/cord-032599-b4lcqzcv.txt	./txt/cord-032599-b4lcqzcv.txt