Subscribe to RSS feedUkraine president calls for UN anti-piracy centre
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David Osler, London
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Oct 02, 2009 10:13 AM
THE UNITED Nations should lead the fightback against piracy in the Gulf of Aden as existing efforts to tackle the problem are insufficient, the president of Ukraine told the UN General Assembly in New York last week.
Viktor Yushchenko maintained that piracy was no longer a local problem, but had become an issue for the international community as a whole.
Some 35 Ukrainian seafarers have been taken hostage by Somali pirates so far this year, he...
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