IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez suspended the evacuation operation to verify that necessary safety guarantees remain in place and said he was working to obtain guarantees before reinitiating it.
multiple outlets, traced to a single source · Attributed statement · first recorded Jul 5, 11:30 PM
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UN NewsIntergovernmental · Jul 5, 2:00 PM
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez stated the organization suspended the evacuation operation to verify that 'the necessary safety guarantees' remain in place for vessels on its evacuation list.
Cites: Arsenio Dominguez · Details: 'necessary safety guarantees'
BBCCenter · Jul 5, 2:00 PM
Dominguez said he was working to obtain guarantees that vessels would not be targeted before re-initiating the evacuation process
Cites: Dominguez · Details: working with US, Iran and Oman; obtain guarantees