Piracy at the Horn of Africa and West Africa [Rasz MUN]
The problem of Piracy become a worldwide issue at the beginning of 21st century. The deteriorating security situation in the seas off Somalia, the Gulf of Aden and the wider Western Indian Ocean between 2005 and 2012 and also the increasing number of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea are a major problem.
Some measures had been taken by the UN Security Council, such as unanimously passed declaration authorizing nations that have the consent of the Transitional Federal Government to enter Somali territorial waters to deal with pirates. What is more a Russian drafted resolution was established on 27 April 2010. It called on all states to criminalise piracy and suggested the possibility of establishing a regional or international tribunal to prosecute suspected pirates.
The idea of ...