IMO: Co-ordinated action urged as piracy threatens UN lifeline to Somalia

The heads of two United Nations agencies today made a joint call for concerted and co-ordinated international action to address the threat of piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coast of Somalia, amid growing concern about the perils it poses for commercial shipping, fishing and other vessels and the delivery of humanitarian assistance needed by hundreds of thousands of Somali men, women and children.

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Keywords: IMO, PIRACY, SOMALIA

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Related Topics: International Maritime Organization

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