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  1. “To that end, the Commission exhorts international partners to buy into the long-term perspective and to scale up their financial, logistical and technical assistance to the initiative, which aims to build and strengthen indigenous maritime security capabilities. The Commission also urges the United Nations Office for West Africa and the United Nations Office in Central Africa to facilitate and support the realization of the broader regional initiative. In such a cooperative compact lies the sustainability of our efforts; in it lies the guarantee of security in the Gulf of Guinea.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  2. “Among other things, those include a lack of financial and technical capacity at the national and regional levels to effectively monitor and project force to protect their waters; a paucity of binding legal frameworks to enforce compliance with the law of the sea and to prosecute offenders; and the multiplicity and duplication of efforts due to the absence of a coordination mechanism. Going forward, therefore, while encouraging the continuation of the ongoing limited initiatives, ECOWAS urges all parties concerned to scale up efforts, beginning with the proposed multilateral forum, to develop a more comprehensive framework that involves all parties so as to ensure a holistic approach to maritime security, in close cooperation with the United Nations.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  3. “To that end, plans are afoot to convene, as soon as possible, a wider meeting of regional bodies to harmonize their various initiatives into a broader and more comprehensive regional maritime security framework, in cooperation with the United Nations and international partners. The need for such a cooperative approach to security in the Gulf of Guinea reflects the favoured policy and strategy of ECOWAS on the matter, namely, that piracy is a regional challenge that requires a regional maritime security architecture into which national and bilateral initiatives would dovetail. It is also dictated by the challenges confronting States and subregional organizations.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  4. “The Committee also decided to dispatch a mission to the conflict areas in the Sahel and to the littoral States to gather further inputs to enrich the regional strategy. A full meeting of the Committee is scheduled to be convened in cote d'Ivoire in mid-March to update the strategy and to make recommendations on the anticipated broader meeting with organizations outside the ECOWAS space. As the Council is aware, for several months now, ECOWAS, ECCAS and the Gulf of Guinea Council have been exploring modalities for joint action to combat piracy and shore up the security of international trade routes in the Gulf of Guinea.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  5. “To that end, it tasked the ECOWAS Commission to urgently develop a holistic, strategic maritime policy framework to guide future actions and cooperation, as well as to strengthen collaboration with ECCAS, the Gulf of Guinea Council and all other relevant stakeholders, with a View to confronting the challenges. Furthermore, the summit instructed the Commission to convene an urgent meeting of the Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff to review all emerging security threats in the Sahel region and in the Gulf of Guinea and propose concrete recommendations to address them. That level of concern at the highest level has been matched by the ECOWAS Commission, which quickly convened a sectional meeting of the Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff, held in Abuja on 24 February, to review the region's evolving strategy on maritime security.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  6. “Recent meetings of ECOWAS heads of State and of Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff have devoted much time and effort to piracy and maritime security. The extent of concern of ECOWAS heads of State and Government about maritime security and their determination to seek a regional solution to it were reflected in the full consideration they gave to the matter at their 40th Summit, held in Abuja from 16 to 17 February. In the final communique, the Summit acknowledged the increasing threat posed by piracy and other forms of organized maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea and stressed the importance of the political leadership and coordinating role of ECOWAS in combating that scourge.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  7. “At the multilateral level, the United States in particular - as well as France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Germany - have been helping to enhance regional maritime security in the ECOWAS and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) regions under such initiatives as the United States Africa Partnership Station, Spain's operation under the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, and the priority solidarity fund of France, Benin, Togo and Ghana. As a consequence of those disparate initiatives, the incidence of piracy has diminished somewhat in the waters of the Gulf of Guinea. But it has by no means been rooted out. The matter is therefore being given due attention at the political and strategic levels within ECOWAS.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  8. “As the Council is aware, Nigeria and Benin have been conducting joint patrols in their common waters under Operation Prosperity, which is ongoing. Similar operations exist between other States and international partners, such as France's roaming vessel operation off the coast of Benin and the Ghana- United Kingdom initiative on the national maritime threat information sharing centre.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  9. “At the national level, the littoral ECOWAS States- particularly Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Senegal - are taking practical steps to police their waters, including the enhancement of maritime awareness capabilities, strengthening coastal fleets and boosting surveillance. In fact, approximately two weeks ago, Ghana took delivery of four high-speed boats. The reality, however, is that those efforts remain but feeble responses to the threat, as hardly any of the States concerned can boast enough maritime surveillance and force projection capability beyond 100 nautical miles off the coast. Consequently, bilateral and multilateral maritime security cooperation has been sought to complement national efforts.”

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  10. “Against the backdrop of the increasing dependency of littoral and landlocked States of the region on oil exports, the consequences of unchecked piracy on both their economies and on the world economy as a whole cannot be underestimated. To counter the dangers posed by piracy and associated crimes to maritime security, States and organizations in the catchment area have, over the past few years, embarked on national, regional and international initiatives aimed at preventing and controlling the illicit activities, while building their capabilities to strengthen maritime security.”

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  11. “In a region extremely vulnerable to climate change, these associated illegal activities are exacerbating environmental degradation and injecting an incendiary element into food insecurity and intercommunal violence. Piracy is thus also encouraging corruption, the radicalization of young people and political instability, as well as maritime border disputes. The Council cannot also ignore the increasing dependence of the world economy on Gulf of Guinea oil and the danger piracy poses to that vital sea lane of commerce. The Gulf of Guinea, as we know, is a reservoir of precious hydrocarbons and rich fauna and flora. It is projected that the region will double the production of its estimated l4-billion barrel oil reserves from 4 million barrels per day to 8 million in the next decade.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  12. “Some observers might be tempted to think that the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has peaked, wrongly judging by the fact that Benin, the most affected State in the ECOWAS space, recorded only 21 piracy incidents in 2011, compared to 45 cases in 2010. However, the rapid spread of the phenomenon to other States of the subregion gives reason for concern. For instance, a total of 18 attacks occurred in Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire last year alone, while this year one has already occurred off the coast of Ghana. Furthermore, piracy is increasingly dovetailing into other forms of transnational organized crime, including oil-bunkering, robbery at sea, hostage-taking, human and drug trafficking, and terrorism.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  13. “Members may recall that, at the Council's 6633rd meeting on 19 October 2011, the ECOWAS Commission was privileged to present its views on this matter. Soon afterwards, on 31 October 2011, the Council reiterated its deep concern about the threats posed by piracy in the Gulf of Guinea by adopting resolution 2018 (2011). Since then, unfortunately, the fragile security situation in the ECOWAS space has taken a turn for the worse due to two main developments. The first is the resurgence of rebellion and banditry, as well as worsening food insecurity, in the Sahel; and the second is growing piracy and associated illicit activities in the Gulf of Guinea. Both these developments seriously undermine the gains made in the past decade to stabilize the region and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source

  14. “Mr. Musah: I am honoured to address this body on behalf of the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, who is unavoidably absent today, and to be able to present the point of view of ECOWAS on the disturbing matter of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The ECOWAS Commission thanks the Council for its abiding preoccupation with the growing threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea to the States in the catchment area, regional security and international maritime activity. ECOWAS is most pleased with the personal involvement of the Secretary-General in finding solutions to the piracy problem, as it will further strengthen our existing cooperation with United Nations agencies in the region.”

    2012-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6723 (2012) · source