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STORY: GA / PIRACY WRAP
TRT: 2.13
SOURCE: UNTV/ WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 14 MAY 2010, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
14 MAY 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Zoom out, General Assembly dais
3. Med shot, General Assembly dais
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Though it may seem like something out of the past, piracy is very much with us. In some parts of the world, it is resurgent. The international community has reacted quickly and effectively to the piracy crisis off the Horn of Africa. It has deployed naval patrols. It has established a Contact Group and a Trust Fund. And there have been concerted efforts to increase the criminal justice response, particularly in Kenya and the Seychelles. Yet the attacks continue – indeed, they are increasing in number.”
5. Pan right, Somali delegation
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Piracy can not be solved only at sea. Despite the commendable efforts of the many navies patrolling the coasts of Eastern Africa, there is simply too much wide water to patrol, and an almost endless supply of pirates. The problem needs to be solved on land, including in Somalia. This issue was debated recently in the Security Council, and there is no doubt that a change in strategy is needed.”
7. Wide shot, General Assembly
8. Wide shot, press conference dais
9. Med shot, reporter
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Hudson, Rear Admiral of EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta:
“The slight frustration that we have is that a large number of the pirates have to be released, slightly giving an air of impunity to some of the pirates, but in so doing we make sure that equipment, boats, engines, foods and water are sufficient for these people to get back to their coast. Given they have the expertise to get off the coast, five hundred miles to attack ships, we need to make sure that they can get back.”
FILE- WFP - 8 DECEMBER 2008, OFF THE SOMALI COAST
11. Various shots, EU naval escort military personnel scrutinizing the horizon
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly today (14 May) held a day-long informal meeting on piracy, calling for broader international efforts and resources to combat the ever-expanding scourge, particularly off the coast of war-torn Somalia.
With dozens of ships, from massive oil tankers to chartered supply ships carrying UN food aid for Somalia’s hungry masses, being hijacked and tens of millions of dollars paid in ransom each year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the magnitude of the problem.
He said that piracy “may seem like something out of the past” but in some parts of the world, “it is resurgent”, and despite the international community’s efforts “they are increasing in number.”
He stressed that piracy cannot be solved at sea alone but requires action on land to re-establish security and stability.
Ban said that “there is simply too much wide water to patrol and an almost endless supply of pirates” and added that “there is no doubt that a change in strategy is needed.”
He noted that a major international conference on Somalia in Istanbul next week aims to launch a new push for solutions to the security and stability crisis there, which he said would improve the situation at sea.
At a later press conference, the Rear Admiral of the European Union Naval Force Somalia (EUNAVFOR), Peter Hudson, expressed frustration that a large number of the pirates caught at sea “have to be released, slightly giving an air of impunity”.
International Maritime Organization (IMO) global figures of 406 in 2009, show an increase of 100 over 2008, with by far the largest concentration off the coast of East Africa, where reported incidents increased seven-fold over the four-year period to 2009.
