GA+2009+Issue+4

Piracy in Somalia.



As we all known, piracy in Somalia has been raised a world-wide problem. 

// April 4th 2008, a French luxury ocean-going sailing was hijacked by pirates and 30 members became hostages. // // April 20th 2008, a set of 26 Spanish fishing vessels is hijacked by pirates in Somalia waters. April 26, Somali pirates released 26 crew members. Somali officials said the Spanish government paid a ransom of 1.2 million U.S. dollars. // // August 12th 2008, a cargo ship flying the national flag of Thailand has been hijacked and 28crew members were on board. October 15th, the vessel was released...... // // ... ... //  These are just a few matters happened during the past months. Up till now, hundreds of piracies have been happened.

Why did the Somali Piracy happen frequently? Why are there not the real measures to prevent the Somali Piracy happened? Why did the UN organisation can not take action to stop this whole thing? Why not the whole victim countries cooperating together so as to combat the Somali Piracy? A mount of questions arised. I searched the internet and analysis the relevent issues below.

====**The causes of Somali Piracy: **  ==== ====1. After 9.11, the Bush administration suspected Somali government provided the international help to and shelter for terrorists so as to find the ways to stop the sectarian militias and control the Somali government. The Ethiopian troops invaded the Somali and then overthrow government. By the help of the Ethiopian, the U.S.A established the US-backed Somali transitional government. Due to the limited capacity of transitional government, the most area of the Somali was sank into the non-government, forming an armed independent regime. This situation leads some pirates to have the chances for hijacking by using the 2880 Kilometers of coastlines of Somali. ====


====2. Up surging of refugees leads the domestic violence happened frequently. This leads the United Nation humanitarian efforts also can be implemented. Recently, the security of Somali was towards deteriorative and the incidents for UN staff were frequently occurred. Most of the international aided agency have withdrawn this area. More and more deteriorative situations lead the violence aroused more often. As a result, the pirated is just a manifestation of violence that was supported by the residents. ====


====3. With the increasing speed of Somali Piracy, the international community is also stepping up the fight against Somali pirates. NATO defense minister’s meeting in Budapest October 10, 2008, decided to maintain a military presence in the Indian Ocean and announce “to protect the World Food Program ships which delivery the relief supplies to Somalia.” Italy, the United States, Britain, Greece, Turkey, and Germany took action. Russia also sent a "Fearless" frigate rushed to the Somalia. Many countries fear that international cooperation would breakdown its sovereignty, combining with a number of adjacent coastal States that already exists between the sovereignty and marine resources. Lots of reasons lead the enthusiasm of combating the Pirates in a low degree. ====

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