Tag: UN security council

  • UN calls for piracy action

    Onus placed on Somalia to continue fight. UN Security Council asks for comprehensive response to piracy off Somali coast The Security Council Tuesday adopted a resolution to condemn the acts […]

  • UN Action

    All U.N. member states should make piracy a crime as the problem surges in Somalia, the Security Council has stated. Council members unanimously agreed to ask all U.N. member states […]

  • UN Calls

    India has called upon the international community to address the “serious” problem of hostage-taking by pirates, saying it is ready to work with UN Security Council members on a draft […]

  • UN Concern

    The UN Security Council said in a press statement it remains concerned about the problem of widespread piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Members of the Security Council expressed concern […]

  • UN Speech

    Somalia Prime Minister, Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo’s has made a speech at UN Security Council. He stressed that the root cause and breeding ground of both terrorism and piracy is lawlessness […]

  • Special UN Courts for Pirates

    The UN Security Council decided to study the establishment of special courts to try the pirates of Somalia within and outside the country. “The Security Council decides to consider urgently […]

  • Somali Scaremongering

    Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has warned the UN Security Council that the piracy epidemic centered on his struggling nation could all too easily feed into terrorist activities. “It will […]

  • Shipowners Slammed

    Discussions at the UN Security Council have centered on the observation that shipowners need to do more to secure the release of captives. “The primary responsibility for the release of hostages […]

  • Five Point Plan

    The UN Security Council is reviewing a proposal from India for a UN-led naval operation to contain Somali pirates. There are also plans for a “sanitisation” of Somalia’s coastline through identified corridors and […]