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- Chapter III. General review of the legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
General review of the legal activities of the United Nations Membership of the United Nations 97 Peace and security (a) Peacekeeping missions and operations (b) Political and peacebuilding missions (c) Other bodies (d) Missions of the Security Council (e) Other peacekeeping matters (f) Action of Member States authorized by the Security Council (g) Sanctions imposed under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations (h) Terrorism (i) Humanitarian law and human rights in the context of peace and security (j) Piracy Disarmament and related matters (a) Disarmament machinery (b) Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferations issues (c) Biological and chemical weapons issues (d) Conventional weapons issues (e) Regional disarmament activities of the United Nations...

... by States and RFMO/As to regulate bottom fishing activities and protect vulnerable marine ecosystem... prosecution by States in the area where pirates are arrested States in the region were seen as be... 73/78 or parties, the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50 per cent of t...
- Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo Holds a Hearing On H.R. 1080, the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2009
... fishing practices by foreign fishing fleets adversely affects stocks that migrate between the ... and all these things that you do, the pirates, the presence of pirates around our waters are con...
- Political Transcript Wire
- September 08, 2009
- African Pirates Vs. European Pimps?
America's Pirates: Before you shine that holier-than-thou halo hanging over your head, you may be surprised to know that good old George Washington, America's first president, and the revolutionary leadership employed the use of pirates to protect the territorial waters of the America of 1776. "Despite that Britain dismissed the commissioned pirates as banditry and criminals," states independent Somalia news Web site Wardheernews.com, "Americans in general viewed their pirate militia as volunteer sons and daughters responding to a call for a higher purpose." This is not too dissimilar from how Somalis feel about their "pirates." According to a survey taken by Wardheernews.com, 70 percent of Somalis "strongly supported the piracy as a form of national defence of the country's territorial...

..., said their motive was "to stop illegal fishing and dumping in our waters.. We don't consider ours... emperor.' Once again, our great imperial fleets sail in today, but who is the robber?" Peace. Out....
- Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
- September 09, 2009

- Can the Somali Pirates Be Stopped?
... heavily reliant on tourism and commercial fishing fleets - is fast becoming a prize target for the b...
- Sea Classics
- Vol. 42 Nbr. 8, August 2009
- Choke point: hijacked super tanker exposes vulnerability of energy supplies.
The hijacking on the high seas by Somali pirates of a super tanker carrying 2 million barrels of cr...International industrial fishing fleets were tempted by the unsupervised waters and...
- National Defense
- Vol. 93 Nbr. 664, March 2009
- Rep. Elijah E. Cummings Holds a Hearing On Piracy Against U.S. - Flagged Vessels: Lessons Learned
...flag vessels had been attacked by pirates, and the general conclusion among our witnesses wa...flag fleets, rather than leaving them to implement their own d... can operate with impunity from costal fishing villages as long as they have the support of the l...
- Political Transcript Wire
- September 30, 2009
- Controlling flags of convenience: one measure to stop overfishing of collapsing fish stocks.
... FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE AND THEIR USE IN IUU FISHING A. Origins of FOCs and ORs B. The Size of the Worl... to estimate the size and impact of FOC fleets on IUU fishing because vessels change flags, names... high seas chaos, crew members declared pirates under international law "kn[o]w the ocean better t...
- Environmental Law
- Vol. 35 Nbr. 2, March 2005
- Rep. Elijah E. Cummings Holds a Hearing On International Piracy On the High Seas
... ship passing the Horn of Africa from pirates. Further, as we will examine, while the first prio... of coastal Somalia has always been fishing, and Somalis are capable mariners. During the last... own destiny, but we have to have our naval fleets and our Coast Guard authority present where there ...
- Political Transcript Wire
- September 02, 2009
- Pirates: scourge of the modern seas: crews have been kidnapped and murdered, passengers robbed and raped, and oil shipments stolen for resale on the black market, but the real danger may be the possibility of suicide bombers destroying one of the world's major port cities.
The World Today - Cover story

... incidents of piracy burdening merchant fleets and their corporations while threatening sea resou... is directed at pleasure craft as well as fishing vessels and cargo ships of all sizes. . A second a...
- USA Today Magazine
- Vol. 134 Nbr. 2732, May 2006
- Perils at sea: Somali piracy tactics evolve: threats could expand globally.
... and other powers won't do against Somali pirates, as they are about what the pirates will do agains... Spanish private guards to protect tuna fishing boats off the islands was too little, too late. So... targets include not just tuna fishing fleets, but long-range high seas traffic. . The Somali pi...
- National Defense
- Vol. 94 Nbr. 677, April 2010