IMO Backs Dominguez for Second Term Amid Shipping Attacks and Climate Deadlock

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council has backed Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez for a second four-year term. Despite the organization's failure to adopt its landmark climate change strategy, the council expressed confidence in his leadership.

The decision comes amidst ongoing shipping attacks in the Gulf of Guinea and the ongoing debate on climate change in the maritime industry.