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Security Council renews anti-piracy measures
The UN Security Council on Monday renewed for another 12 months the authorization for measures to combat piracy off Somalia's coast.
In a unanimously adopted resolution, the Council also expressed concern that escalating ransom payments and the lack of enforcement of the arms embargo imposed by the Council in 1992 are fuelling the growth of piracy.
The resolution again called on states and regional organizations that have the capacity to do so, to deploy naval vessels, arms and military aircraft to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. US Ambassador Susan Rice said the measure is timely, given the latest attack on a Greek oil tanker:
"It reaffirms and renews the authorities that were established year, but also creates greater impetus for more effective domestic prosecution of pirates of various countries around the world. The importance of this was underscored yet again today by the brazen hi-jacking of a super-tanker bound from Saudi Arabia to the United States, some 800 miles off-shore from Somalia."
The Security Council called on all states to cooperate in determining jurisdiction, and in the investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for acts of piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia.
Bissera Kostova, United Nations
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