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United Nations Member States Debate Ways to Fight Piracy Off Somalia

The United Nations General Assembly held a informal meeting on May 14, 2010 on piracy, with Assembly President Ali Treki calling for broader international efforts and resources to combat piracy, particularly off the coast of Somalia. In April 2010, the…

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Security Council put forward the possibility of establishing international tribunals to try pirates, with members calling for tougher legislation to prosecute and jail suspects caught off Somalia. (Press release, dated 05/14/10, available at http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34703&Cr=piracy&Cr1=)