MaximsNewsNetwork: SOMALIA PIRACY: UN Amb. Elmi Ahmed Duale

MaximsNewsNetwork: 10 September 2009 - UNTV: The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia meets to discuss ways for more effective and concerted anti-piracy efforts by the international community. Somali Ambassador Elmi Ahmed Duale says he wishes the "costs and human resources" spent on combating piracy could have been diverted to the humanitarian needs of Somalia.

The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia met today (10 September) to discuss ways for more effective and concerted anti-piracy efforts by the international community.

The 4th meeting of the Contact Group was chaired by Japan which has been playing active role in tackling piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Chairman Masafumi Ishii told the conference that the number of pirate attacks in the region in the last nine months is already almost fifty percent more than that of last year and as the monsoon season ends, an even more sharp increase of attacks is anticipated.

Somali Ambassador Elmi Ahmed Duale Elmi Ahmed Duale expressed gratitude to all the countries whose navies are helping and assisting to control this scourge but said he wished that costs and human resources spent combating piracy could have been diverted to the humanitarian needs of Somalia which were adversely affected by this piracy.

Piracy off the Somali coast is a constant threat to international shipping and has contributed to an increase in shipping costs and hampered the delivery of aid.

The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia was established as an international cooperation mechanisms based on UN Security Council Resolution for anti-piracy activities off the coast of Somalia.

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