IMO: UN Secretary-General responds to piracy and release of hostages

UN Secretary-General responds to joint appeal on piracy and release of hostages. In a reply letter to the IMO Secretary-General and heads of international shipping and seafarer organizations (see IMO Briefing 40/2010), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern about the intolerable human cost of piracy off the coast of Somalia and its serious consequences regionally and globally. He also welcomed the theme chosen by the IMO Council for World Maritime Day 2011, ""Piracy: orchestrating the response"".

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Keywords: UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, PIRACY

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Related Topics: International Maritime Organization

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