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Balal Mohamed Osman

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2020-12-04
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2020-12-04
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  1. “We will continue with our comprehensive approach, which combines development, security and good governance, and we will spare no effort in our fight against insecurity and injustices in all of its forms.”

    2020-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1173 (2020) · source

  2. “As we all strive to fight piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia, compliance with international human rights law and the rules that we are also fighting to protect must be strictly maintained. In conclusion, 12 years after the adoption of resolution 1816 (2008), we have witnessed a drastic reduction in the number of piracy incidents, in particular in the last three years. The milestone reached this year of no single piracy incidents and no piracy hostages held in Somalia is a true testament to the Federal Government of Somalia’s ownership of the problem, in addition to our hard work in collaboration S/2020/1173 with our international partners.”

    2020-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1173 (2020) · source

  3. “In that regard, we urge Member States to abide by domestic and international regulations and to take all measures necessary to ensure compliance and prevent illegal unreported unregulated fishing off the coast of Somalia. We remain concerned at the abuse of process in piracy-related prosecutions taking place outside Somalia. In some cases, we have observed that defendants who are illiterate were not offered proper interpretation. Moreover, defendants were required to sign away their right of appeal with the facilitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. This is unconstitutional in Somalia as well as in the foreign prosecuting State, Seychelles in this case.”

    2020-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1173 (2020) · source

  4. “We firmly believe that the Contact Group is neither inclusive nor useful at this stage, and we thus withdraw our support for and participation in any of the Group’s future activities indefinitely. We thank the international partners for their contributions to the Trust Fund to support the initiatives of States countering piracy off the coast of Somalia in the past decade and encourage the aligning of future support with the policies of the Federal Government of Somalia to counter piracy in a systematic, sustainable manner, including reinforcing the Somali national coast guard. As members are aware, piracy is only one of the many threats to maritime security off the coast of Somalia, and the persistence of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Somalia’s exclusive economic zone remains a major concern.”

    2020-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1173 (2020) · source

  5. “We believe that piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia must be put in the context of the political, security and economic challenges on land facing my country. In that regard, we ask Member States and international organizations for their support for the Somali Government’s policies and priorities so as to address the root causes of piracy, which is the only sustainable way of eradicating piracy- and armed- robbery-related incidents off the coast of Somalia. We welcome the planned closure on 31 December 2021 of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Trust Fund. Furthermore, the Somali Government is concerned at the outdated mandate and structure as well as the working methods of the Group.”

    2020-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1173 (2020) · source

  6. “Allow me first of all to express to you, Mr. President, the satisfaction of the delegation of Somalia at seeing your country preside over the Security Council this month. South Africa is a friend of Somalia, and we wish it every success and pledge our full support during the presidency. I would also like to congratulate another friend of Somalia, the delegation of the Saint Vincent and Grenadines, for the able manner in which it guided the work of the Council last month. There has been a massive reduction in the number of piracy-related incidents in the past three years thanks to the Federal Government of Somalia’s efforts, in collaboration with the international community. For the first time in more than a decade, there is no single piracy-related incident off the coast of Somalia.”

    2020-12-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1173 (2020) · source