Sir Colin Goad was a British civil servant who served as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, then known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO).[1][2][3] He served as Secretary-General from 1968 to 1973.[4][5]
Sir Colin Goad | |
|---|---|
 Colin Goad (middle), 1972 | |
| 4th Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization | |
| In office 1 January 1968 – 31 December 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Roullier |
| Succeeded by | Chandrika Prasad Srivastava |
Life and career
editHe was born 31 December 1914 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.[4] He was educated at Cirencester Grammar School and then studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University.[4]
In 1937 he joined the British Civil Service working at the Department for Transport.[4] He was promoted to Under-Secretary in 1963.[4] In January 1959 he attended the First Assembly of the IMCO.[4] He worked on the organisations maritime safety committee before being Deputy Secretary General and serving in this role between 1963 and 1968.[3]
Goad was appointed Secretary General of the organization on 1 January 1968.[4][3] In 1967 Goad remarked that the Torrey Canyon oil spill had a significant influence on the development of IMCO as the organization developed environmental rules (later to be the MARPOL Convention.[6] In 1969, Goad gave a speech at the International Legal Conference on Marine Pollutan damage which outlined IMCO's technical mandate and legal purview to improve maritime safety and protect the marine environment.[7][8]
Goad served as Secretary General until 31 December 1973.[4]
He then worked for the Liberian and Marshall Islands ship registries.[4]
He died in Cirencester on 15 March 1998.[4]
Honours
editOn 15 June 1974 Goad was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[4]
His papers are held in the Bodleian Library.[9]
References
edit- ^ Roe, Michael (2015-08-25). Maritime Governance. Cham: Springer. p. 15. ISBN 978-3-319-21747-5.
- ^ Tan, Alan Khee-Jin (2005-12-22). Vessel-Source Marine Pollution. Cambridge University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-139-44846-8.
- ^ a b c Gorman, Daniel (2022-07-28). Uniting Nations. Cambridge University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-009-08120-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Previous IMO Secretaries-General". International Maritime Organization. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Research Guides: UN System Documentation: IMO". Research Guides at United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ Andler, Lydia; Behrle, Steffen (2009). Managers of Global Change. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-262-01274-4.
- ^ The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Maritime Organization. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2024. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-80220-688-3.
- ^ Berlingieri, Francesco (2014-05-09). International Maritime Conventions (Volume 1). CRC Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-1-317-75059-8.
- ^ "Papers, Date not recorded at time of cataloguing". Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts. Retrieved 2024-09-24.