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Asian Shipowners Forum calls for UN shipboard marines to end piracy

OWNERS and managers of the Asian Shipowners' Forum (ASF) have called on the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to set up a "UN counter piracy task force" to end piracy in the region.

The ASF wants converted merchant ships deployed as military bases from which detachments of marines can be dispatched to engage the pirates preying on shipping in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.

The ASF, which controls and operates 50 per cent of the world's cargo fleet, said a UN-mandated armed naval and marine personnel should be deployed aboard merchant ships in pirate-infested waters.

It said Somali piracy remains a serious threat to world trade and needs to be eliminated with concrete and effective actions beyond existing measures in place.

Shipowners have had to employ private armed guards for their ships. The employment of private armed guards, however, is by no means a long-term and sustainable solution against the Somali pirates, said the ASF.

Patrick Phoon, chairman of the ASF Safe Navigation and Environment Committee (SNEC) said: "The protection of important shipping and strategic sea lanes is the full responsibility of the international body such as the UN, and it is therefore vitally important for the UN to act swiftly to deal with this Somali piracy menace."

Said Nordin bin Mat Yusoff, chairman of the Federation of ASEAN Shipowners' Associations (FASA): "At least 11 vessels with about 174 seafarers are still held captive by Somali pirates. Whilst the UN peacekeeping efforts on shore are important, a solution at sea is just as important."

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