The Security Council adopted UN on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution that promises to urgently consider the establishment of specialized courts to try perpetrators of crimes of piracy in Somalia and throughout the region. The 15-member Security Council recognized the importance of promoting the fight against piracy and voted for that resolution in a session also attended by representatives of Spain, Italy, Ukraine and Somalia, who are not part of the highest body international security.
"The Security Council decides to consider urgently the establishment of specialized courts in Somalia to try those suspected pirates in both Somalia and the region, including a court specializing in offshore fight Somali piracy," says the 1976 resolution. The text adopted, which was jointly submitted by Colombia, Denmark, Spain, France, Gabon, India, Italy, Lebanon, Nigeria, Portugal, Russia, and Ukraine, embraces the recommendations contained in the report of UN special envoy for issues laws relating to piracy in Somalia, Jack Lang.
Moreover, the resolution requests the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, to report within two months on the modalities that could present such legal mechanisms to combat piracy in order to take further decisions on the matter. Council members stressed the need to establish "a comprehensive response to tackle piracy and its underlying causes," and called upon States and regional organizations cooperate with the Somali authorities to strengthen the capacity of its coast guard.
Stressed the need for States, especially those in the region where Somalia is, to "criminalize piracy" under their national laws, and to investigate and bring to justice those who finance, organize or take advantage of the piracy attacks off the Somali coast. Today's resolution also recognizes that instability in Somalia is one of the causes of the problem of piracy, while acknowledging that such incidents "aggravate the situation in the country, it still represents a threat to international peace and security in the region.
" Following the adoption of the resolution, the Russian ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said "the breakthrough" that led the Council to approve a new resolution to "fight against impunity for the pirates" to start the process to create "a judicial mechanism cash to finish taking the pirates to justice.
" For its part, the French ambassador to the UN, Gérard Araud, praised the opportunity presented the resolution to stop piracy and noted the inclusion in the text of a petition to Ban to strengthen the presence of UN office in Somalia. In addition, applauded the ruling "takes into consideration the long-term economic interests of Somalia, calling for the Somali maritime delimitation." Somalia, a country in ruins after several civil wars, religious conflicts and lawlessness that have killed half a million people forced into exile to a million refugees and internally displaced millions more, has been without a functioning central government since 1991 . 
"The Security Council decides to consider urgently the establishment of specialized courts in Somalia to try those suspected pirates in both Somalia and the region, including a court specializing in offshore fight Somali piracy," says the 1976 resolution. The text adopted, which was jointly submitted by Colombia, Denmark, Spain, France, Gabon, India, Italy, Lebanon, Nigeria, Portugal, Russia, and Ukraine, embraces the recommendations contained in the report of UN special envoy for issues laws relating to piracy in Somalia, Jack Lang.
Moreover, the resolution requests the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, to report within two months on the modalities that could present such legal mechanisms to combat piracy in order to take further decisions on the matter. Council members stressed the need to establish "a comprehensive response to tackle piracy and its underlying causes," and called upon States and regional organizations cooperate with the Somali authorities to strengthen the capacity of its coast guard.
Stressed the need for States, especially those in the region where Somalia is, to "criminalize piracy" under their national laws, and to investigate and bring to justice those who finance, organize or take advantage of the piracy attacks off the Somali coast. Today's resolution also recognizes that instability in Somalia is one of the causes of the problem of piracy, while acknowledging that such incidents "aggravate the situation in the country, it still represents a threat to international peace and security in the region.
" Following the adoption of the resolution, the Russian ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said "the breakthrough" that led the Council to approve a new resolution to "fight against impunity for the pirates" to start the process to create "a judicial mechanism cash to finish taking the pirates to justice.
" For its part, the French ambassador to the UN, Gérard Araud, praised the opportunity presented the resolution to stop piracy and noted the inclusion in the text of a petition to Ban to strengthen the presence of UN office in Somalia. In addition, applauded the ruling "takes into consideration the long-term economic interests of Somalia, calling for the Somali maritime delimitation." Somalia, a country in ruins after several civil wars, religious conflicts and lawlessness that have killed half a million people forced into exile to a million refugees and internally displaced millions more, has been without a functioning central government since 1991 .
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