The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has within its mandate to make trade and travel by sea as safe and secure as possible. To reduce any threats with the potential to ＿＿（56）＿＿ maritime security, the Organization develops suitable regulations and guidance through the Maritime Safety Committee and with input from its Facilitation Committee and Legal Committee. The threat posed by piracy and ＿＿（57）＿＿ robbery against ships has been on the IMO's agenda since the early 1980s. In the late 1990s and the early 2000s, the focus was on the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. More recently, since 2005, the Organization has focused on piracy ＿＿（58）＿＿ the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean. Currently, it is implementing a strategy for enhancing maritime security in West and Central Africa, ＿＿（59）＿＿ the region's maritime security agreements. The Organization, with support and cooperation from the shipping industry, has developed and adopted several antipiracy ＿＿（60）＿＿ , which have contributed to the mitigation of the negative impact posed by piracy worldwide.