The Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands could be hampering transparency reform at the International Maritime Organisation, an international NGO said.
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This week, the UN's maritime regulation body will mull implementing new measures including making meetings public and giving journalists more access.
It comes after a Transparency International assessment in July found the organisation was plagued by outside influence.
But in a statement last week, Transparency International said it was concerned six countries, including the Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands, signed a submission opposing some reforms.
The submission said expanded access to information about the International Maritime Organisation could itself lead to outside influence.
