Governmental
-
Cash Calls
The US House Budget Committee will consider the fiscal year 2012 budget resolution next week. The harsh financial facts of funding so much military intervention will be examined, and it […]
-
Working Plan
Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna says this is the best way to keep the pirates occupied is by engaging them in projects and creating jobs for them in Somalia. “We […]
-
Piracy Information-Sharing Centre
IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, in Kenya for the spring session of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, today (31 March) commissioned, in Mombasa, the first of […]
-
The US Approach
Andrew J. Shapiro Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has spoken on the US approach to Counter-Piracy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC March 30, 2011 […]
-
Guideline Call
The Liberian ship registry is urging the IMO to take the lead on establishing international guidelines on the deployment of armed guards on board ships. Scott Bergeron head of LISCR […]
-
Funding The Fight
The UK Foreign Secretary has announced £6 million funding to improve maritime surveillance of pirates in the Indian Ocean and to increase prison capacity in Somalia and across the Indian […]
-
Diplomats v Pirates
The Philippines is the latest country to join intensified diplomatic efforts in the United Arab Emirates to support the international fight against maritime piracy. Upon the initiative of the Indian […]
-
Making Contact
The United States has joined with partners from 60 countries and international organizations at the United Nations in New York, for a plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy […]
-
Armed Action
With the growth of pirate attacks, it is increasingly being seen that the most pragmatic solution to protect vulnerable vessels has been the deployment of armed security guards. This has prompted flag States […]
-
S.Korea to Discuss Piracy
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that representatives will attend a U.N. meeting to be held in New York next week to discuss counter-measures against piracy off the coast of […]
