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Gaddafi Says He Has Got Solution To Somali Piracy Issue: Libya In UN Heads The World?
14 June 2009
Leader Muammar Qaddafi, currently on an official visit to Italy, said on Wednesday he would present a proposal on the resolution of the Somali pirates issue, Italy's APCom news agency reported. Speaking about his draft plan, he said it is "necessary to respect the Somali economic zone" and to do this "pirate activity must be stopped." Qaddafi said the main issue in resolving the piracy problem is to address the reasons, which lead to this activity. "The main question that must be answered is why Somalis became pirates," he said. Somalia has been without an effective government since the Revolutionary Socialist Party was overthrown in 1991. The internationally recognized federal government controls only the capital city of Mogadishu and part of central Somalia. The United Nations said Somali pirates carried out at least 120 attacks on ships in 2008, collecting $150 million in ransom payments from ship owners. Total losses from piracy were estimated at $13-16 billion, including the soaring cost of insurance and protection for vessels, as well as sending ships on longer routes to avoid high-risk areas. Around 35 warships from the navies of 16 countries are involved in anti-piracy operations off Somalia.
Ali Treki Elected Next UN General Assembly President
Meanwhile, Ali Abdessalam Treki, Libya's Secretary for African Union affairs, was elected as the president of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly at a plenary meeting of the 192-member body on Wednesday. Treki, whose candidacy was supported by the 53-nation African Union, was elected by acclamation at the plenary meeting. He will replace the current UN General Assembly president, Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, when the next assembly session convenes on Sept. 15. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Treki on his election as the President of the upcoming session of the General Assembly, saying that his "wide-ranging diplomatic experience will be invaluable as he presides over the General Assembly." "UN reform, in all its various aspects, especially reforming the Security Council and revitalization of the General Assembly, must continue to be one of our priorities. We should make every effort to achieve it as soon as possible," Triki, who served three times as his country's UN ambassador, said in his acceptance speech. The post of assembly president, which rotates annually among the world's five regions, is mostly ceremonial. This year it was Africa's turn to name the president.
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