IMO Facilitation Committee
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IMO committee
intergovernmental maritime body
subsidiary body of the International Maritime Organization
The IMO Facilitation Committee is a body within the International Maritime Organization responsible for simplifying and harmonizing maritime trade procedures, documentation, and formalities to promote efficient international shipping.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IMO Facilitation Committee canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1702137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IMO Facilitation Committee Context triple: [IMO Facilitation Convention amendments, relatedTo, IMO Facilitation Committee]
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A.
IMO Council
The IMO Council is the executive body of the International Maritime Organization that oversees its work between Assembly sessions and coordinates its activities and policy decisions.
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B.
IMO Technical Cooperation Committee
The IMO Technical Cooperation Committee is a specialized body of the International Maritime Organization responsible for overseeing and guiding technical assistance and capacity-building activities to help states implement global maritime regulations and standards.
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C.
IMO Secretariat
The IMO Secretariat is the administrative body that supports the International Maritime Organization’s work by providing technical expertise, coordinating meetings, and implementing the decisions of its member states.
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D.
IMO Committees
IMO Committees are specialized bodies within the International Maritime Organization that develop and oversee international regulations and standards for maritime safety, security, and environmental protection.
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E.
Maritime Safety Committee
The Maritime Safety Committee is the International Maritime Organization’s main technical body responsible for developing and maintaining global regulations to enhance the safety and security of international shipping.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IMO Facilitation Committee Target entity description: The IMO Facilitation Committee is a body within the International Maritime Organization responsible for simplifying and harmonizing maritime trade procedures, documentation, and formalities to promote efficient international shipping.
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A.
IMO Council
The IMO Council is the executive body of the International Maritime Organization that oversees its work between Assembly sessions and coordinates its activities and policy decisions.
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B.
IMO Technical Cooperation Committee
The IMO Technical Cooperation Committee is a specialized body of the International Maritime Organization responsible for overseeing and guiding technical assistance and capacity-building activities to help states implement global maritime regulations and standards.
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C.
IMO Secretariat
The IMO Secretariat is the administrative body that supports the International Maritime Organization’s work by providing technical expertise, coordinating meetings, and implementing the decisions of its member states.
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D.
IMO Committees
IMO Committees are specialized bodies within the International Maritime Organization that develop and oversee international regulations and standards for maritime safety, security, and environmental protection.
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E.
Maritime Safety Committee
The Maritime Safety Committee is the International Maritime Organization’s main technical body responsible for developing and maintaining global regulations to enhance the safety and security of international shipping.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IMO committee
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intergovernmental maritime body ⓘ subsidiary body of the International Maritime Organization ⓘ |
| advises |
IMO Assembly
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IMO Council ⓘ |
| composedOf | representatives of IMO Member States ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
United Nations agencies
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other IMO committees ⓘ port authorities ⓘ shipping industry organizations ⓘ |
| develops |
guidelines on maritime trade facilitation
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recommendations on port formalities ⓘ standards for ship and cargo documentation ⓘ |
| field |
international shipping
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maritime regulation ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ trade facilitation ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | FAL ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London, United Kingdom
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| jurisdiction | international ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| meetsAt | IMO Headquarters, London ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | International Maritime Organization ⓘ |
| partOf | IMO’s technical bodies ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate maritime international trade
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to harmonize maritime trade documentation and formalities ⓘ to promote efficient international shipping ⓘ to reduce administrative burdens on ships and ports ⓘ to simplify maritime trade procedures ⓘ |
| regulates | facilitation of international maritime traffic ⓘ |
| sector | maritime industry ⓘ |
| shortName | FAL Committee ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
IMO circulars
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IMO resolutions ⓘ |
| worksOn |
electronic exchange of maritime information
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harmonization of ship reporting formalities ⓘ implementation of the FAL Convention ⓘ reduction of paper-based ship–shore reporting ⓘ simplification of port entry and clearance procedures ⓘ standardization of maritime documentation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IMO Facilitation Committee Description of subject: The IMO Facilitation Committee is a body within the International Maritime Organization responsible for simplifying and harmonizing maritime trade procedures, documentation, and formalities to promote efficient international shipping.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
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monitoredBy
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IMO Facilitation Committee
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