IMO: high-level meeting about piracy and armed robbery against ships
01.06.2012 - IMO: high-level meeting about piracy and armed robbery against ships. A high-level meeting in Djibouti has been convened by IMO to help address the problem of piracy and armed robb...
IMO: high-level meeting about piracy and armed robbery against ships. A high-level meeting in Djibouti has been convened by IMO to help address the problem of piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden.
The meeting was opened by IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, and the Prime Minister of Djibouti, Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita.
It was expected to conclude and adopt a regional agreement to assist countries in the region to build capacity to suppress piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.
The event followed from earlier regional meetings, including the Subregional seminar on piracy and armed robbery against ships and maritime security held in Sana’a, Yemen, in April 2005; the Follow up subregional workshop on maritime security, piracy and armed robbery against ships held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, in January 2006; and the IMO subregional meeting on piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Western Indian Ocean, held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, in April 2008.
