Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah addressing a Security Council meeting – The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today said that he is extremely alarmed by the rise in piracy off the Horn of Africa nation's coast and deplored the destabilizing effects of the attacks in the region.
“This piracy is increasingly a threat to international navigation and free trade in an already fragile environment,” said Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. “The millions of dollars in ransom paid to the pirates and their associates inland and overseas has become a multi-million dollar business which threatens stability in Puntland and in Somalia as a whole.”
Currently, as many as 10 ships are being held by pirates, and local authorities report that trade has been severely obstructed, particularly in the north of the country more..http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27943&Cr=somali&Cr1=
“This piracy is increasingly a threat to international navigation and free trade in an already fragile environment,” said Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. “The millions of dollars in ransom paid to the pirates and their associates inland and overseas has become a multi-million dollar business which threatens stability in Puntland and in Somalia as a whole.”
Currently, as many as 10 ships are being held by pirates, and local authorities report that trade has been severely obstructed, particularly in the north of the country more..http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27943&Cr=somali&Cr1=
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