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Action Plan ObjectivesAction Plan Objectives

• Increase pressure at the political level to secure the immediate releaseof all hostages being held by pirates

• Review and improve the IMO guidelines to Administrations andseafarers and promote compliance with industry best managementpractices and the recommended preventive, evasive and defensivemeasures should follow

• Promote greater levels of support from, and coordination with, navies

• Promote anti-piracy coordination and co-operation procedures betweenand among tates, regions, organi!ations and industry

• Assist tates to build the capacity of tates in piracy-infested regionsof the world, and elsewhere, to deter, interdict and bring to justicethose who commit acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships" and

• Provide care for those attac#ed or hijac#ed by pirates and for theirfamilies


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Piracy napshot $%&&Piracy napshot $%&&

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Ratio of successful attac#s versusRatio of successful attac#s versus

attac#s reportedattac#s reported• ince August $%%' where appro(imately )%* of attac#s were

successful, on a &$ month rolling average the pirate success ratiohas been reduced to its current level of below $%*

• +he figures for the first si( months of this year &' attac#sleading to $$ hijac#s. indicate that ''* of attac#s are beingdefeated, largely by proper application of /MP0

• On & 1anuary $%&& there were $' ships and 2)2 seafarers beingheld3 At the official launch of the Action Plan on 0 March $%&&,this had risen to 0% ships and &4 seafarers3

• At present $% 1uly. there are $$ ships and 424 seafarers beingheld, a significant reduction, but indicative that the situation is farfrom acceptable3

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eafarers captured and in captivity $%&&eafarers captured and in captivity $%&&

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hips attac#ed and captured $%&&hips attac#ed and captured $%&&

MonsoonMonsoon

PeriodPeriod

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567A89OR :567A89OR : Observed ;ompliance with /MP0Observed ;ompliance with /MP0

Oct-Dec

10 Jan 11 Feb 2011 Mar 11 Apr 11

Total number of observed ships 350 165 680 406 221

Number of ships which were non compliant

with B!3238 112 2"0 181 "4

#atio of B!3 non compliant ships 68 6$%8 42%6 44%5 42&5

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;oncerns;oncerns

• Pirates= – More aggressive tactics

– More violent attacks

– Bolder and larger attacks

– Better organized

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Repercussions of alternative routesRepercussions of alternative routes;ape of >ood ood


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Action Plan ObjectivesAction Plan Objectives

• Increase pressure at the political level to secure the immediate releaseof all hostages being held by pirates

• Review and improve the IMO guidelines to Administrations andseafarers and promote compliance with industry best managementpractices and the recommended preventive, evasive and defensivemeasures should follow

• Promote greater levels of support from, and coordination with, navies

• Promote anti-piracy coordination and co-operation proceduresbetween and among tates, regions, organi!ations and industry

• Assist tates to build the capacity of tates in piracy-infested regions

of the world, and elsewhere, to deter, interdict and bring to justicethose who commit acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships and

• Provide care for those attac#ed or hijac#ed by pirates and for theirfamilies

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Actions ta#en by IMOActions ta#en by IMO

'(ibouti )ode of )onduct'(ibouti )ode of )onduct

*upport to *+**upport to *+*

,uidance,uidance

-mprovements to pirac. reportin/-mprovements to pirac. reportin/

on/ #an/e -dentication and Tracin/on/ #an/e -dentication and Tracin/

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Outcomes of M; '@Outcomes of M; '@

,uidance on !rivatel.,uidance on !rivatel.

)ontracted rmed)ontracted rmed

*ecurit. !ersonnel*ecurit. !ersonnel

#esolution on use of#esolution on use of

B! /uidanceB! /uidance

,uidelines on )ollection of,uidelines on )ollection of

videncevidence

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IMO guidance - firearms and private securityIMO guidance - firearms and private security

• IMO does not endorse carriage of firearms by seafarers, or theuse of privately contracted armed security personnel on boardships

• ;urrent guidance is contained in M;3&;ircs3 &000 and &004

• 7ew interim recommendations and guidance M;3&;ircs3

&4%) and &4%2. do not change IMOBs position on the use ofarmed personnel= eafarers should not be armed and thecarriage of P;AP remains a matter of decision for the shipowner, after a thorough ris# assessment, to re?uest and the9lag tate to decide3

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P;AP : +he Cay 9orwardP;AP : +he Cay 9orward

• Implications of P;AP for port and coastal tates to beconsidered by the 9AD ;ommittee 9AD 0.

)-@ eptember $%&&

• Meeting of Cor#ing >roup 0 of the ;>P; to discuss P;APguidance

&$ eptember at IMO roup on Maritime ecurityincluding Piracy and Armed Robbery against hips MPC>.

&0-&) eptember $%&&

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;ontact >roup on Piracy off the coast;ontact >roup on Piracy off the coast

of omaliaof omalia

• IMO is an active member of the ;>P; and itswor#ing groups=

– ;>P; Plenary

– C> &= Military and operational coordination, informationsharing and capacity building

– C> $: Degal issues

– C> 0: hipping self awareness and capabilities

– C> 4: ;ommunications and #ey messages

– C> ): 9inancial aspects of piracy 75C

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Review of 7ational DegislationReview of 7ational Degislation

– 7aval action alone insufficient

– 7eed for effective legal framewor#

– IMO ;ircular letter re?uesting information onnational legislation

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- 44 tates have submitted information on nationallegislation

- Inade?uacies include=

• 67;DO definition of piracy not fully incorporated

• concept of universal jurisdiction missing

• piracy not made separate criminal offence

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– national legislation made available on FOADO websitewww3un3orgdeptsiospiracypiracyGnationalGlegislation3htm

– #ey element for successful prosecution of piracy identified andcirculated to IMO Member tates

– responsibility for enacting legislation rests with governments

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Chich court should e(erciseChich court should e(ercise

jurisdictionH jurisdictionH – 0 reports=

• $%&% 67> report containing options for the creation of specialcourts in the region

• $%&& report of the 67 pecial Adviser Dang Report., narrowingdown these options

- favours concept of omali!ationJ of prosecution

• 1une $%&& 67> report=

- focussing on establishment of peciali!ed omali anti-piracy courts

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C>$ of the Piracy ;ontact >roupC>$ of the Piracy ;ontact >roup

– established $%%@

– provides specific, practical guidance to ;>P;on legal issues related to prosecution andpunishment of pirates

– ' meetings to date

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– Issues discussed include=

• provision of ade?uate national procedures on prosecutionrelated issues"

• legal aspects of post-trial transfers"

• criminali!ation of possession of piracy-related e?uipment"

• ways of improving collection and sharing of data from piracyincidents"

• human rights issues" and

• private armed guards3

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– 9uture wor# includes=

• analysis of court decisions on human rights and criminal lawissues"

• post-trial transfer arrangements : legal aspects"

• methods for obtaining statistics on numbers of prosecution andon numbers of pirates released without prosecution"

• legal aspects of air transfers arrangements"

• legal issues regarding use of private armed guards" and

• legal issues regarding piracy financiers and leaders operatingoffshore3

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Fjibouti ;ode of ;onductFjibouti ;ode of ;onduct

MembershipMembership

• Adopted in 1anuary $%%@, the Fjibouti ;odeof ;onduct welcomed its &'th ignatory

tate with the signature of the 6nited Arab5mirates on &' April $%&& during the Fubai;onference3

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;ountry Fate of the ignature

1 !i"o#ti 29 $an#ar% 2009

2 &t'io(ia 29 $an#ar% 2009

3 )en%a 29 $an#ar% 2009

4 Madagascar 29 $an#ar% 2009

5 Maldives 29 $an#ar% 2009

6 *e%c'elles 29 $an#ar% 20097 *o+alia 29 $an#ar% 2009

8 ,nited e(#"lic o. /anzania 29 $an#ar% 2009

9 e+en 29 $an#ar% 2009

10 &g%(t 1 cto"er 2009

11 o+oros 23 ove+"er 2009

12 *#dan 1 ece+"er 200913 *a#di ra"ia 10 Marc' 2010

14 Ma#riti#s 23 Marc' 2010

15 $ordan 20 Ma% 2010

16 +an 29 $#l% 2010

17 &ritrea 26 ove+"er 2010

18 ,nited ra" &+irates 18 (ril 2011

Fjibouti ;ode of ;onductFjibouti ;ode of ;onductDist of ignatory tatesDist of ignatory tates

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Fjibouti ;ode ignatory tatesFjibouti ;ode ignatory tates

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• ;apacity /uilding is based upon 4 pillars=

– Information sharing

– Regional +raining

– 7ational legislation

– Operational capacity building

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• Information haring ;entres I;s.

– anaBa Regional Maritime Information haring ;entreoperational from 9ebruary $%&&

– Mombasa and Far es alaam I;s declared operational inMarch $%&&

– 5ntire regional web-based information sharing networ#e?uipped and operational by end 1une $%&&

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• +raining=

– IMO is funding the building of a regionaltraining centre in Fjibouti FR+;.

– IMO is running training for all $& tatesacross all aspects of the capacity buildingpillars

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• +raining

– Regional +raining ;entre /uilding=

• Memo of 6nderstanding between IMO and Fjibouti

for transfer of K$3)m in building funds signed inMay $%&&

• ite clearance has commenced

• 9irst funds for building= release imminent

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• Fjibouti Regional +raining ;entre FR+;. – +raining needs analysis completed for FR+;

– Meeting of Fjibouti ;ode tates in May $%&&

adopted framewor# resolution covering=• Mission and +ORs FR+;

• Regional training coordination process

• Programme of training for FR+; for ne(t &$ months

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• Degal

– Review of national laws is ongoing with an emphasison establishing if a law to counter piracy e(ists and isenforceable by a tates maritime law-enforcementforce

– +raining for regional Ministries of 1ustice and sea-going law-enforcers in the RO5 and procedures for apiracy arrest ongoing in co-operation with 67OF;

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• Other projects= – Provide communications e?uipment and a jetty in

eychelles

– Cor# with 67OF; and 67FP to establish a legal

framewor# for, and commence training of a omaliland;oastal Monitoring 9orce scheduled for late $%&&

– Partner for counter-piracy training through +RAF5process 7A+O. tying regional operational capacity to

international naval operations

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Maritime ituational AwarenessMaritime ituational Awareness

– Din# +an!anian 7avy radars and AI to Far esalaam I; in cooperation with 67 : in progress• ;ontract for partner programme in Lenya has commenced

– 9use emen 8+ and AI pictures into emen I;and lin# to Fjibouti AI system to give >ulf of Adencoverage

– Donger term : fuse all AI and coastal radars into a

common picture

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9uture9uture

• Once a common picture is being shared it re?uires sea-

going law-enforcement forces to use the information todetect and disrupt pirates, and protect friendly shipping

• +hus a regional approach is re?uired to benefit from thisregional picture

– IMO is doing bac#ground wor# with 5ast African tandby 9orceMaritime 9orce 5A9 MAR9OR. to establish maritime security asa strategic objective under a single regional command structure3

– IMO has increased the momentum for operational ;oast >uardfunction training earmar#ing K)m in funds for $%&&$%&$3

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9uture9uture

•IMOBs maritime situational awareness concept is based upon apractical approach to=

– lin# and share regional maritime data

– establish regionally co-operating sea-going law-enforcement forces

– +rain regional staff to a common standard3

3333333all set within a legal framewor# to counter piracy through nationalupdating of piracy law, and the bringing together of all agenciesresponsible for devising, enforcing and prosecuting that law3

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8ision8ision

• +hrough the Fjibouti ;ode of ;onduct IMO issee#ing to give ownership for countering piracybac# to regional tates

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