Article: CONTACT GROUP ON PIRACY OFF COAST OF SOMALIA

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs issued the following fact sheet:

In recognition of the growing impact of piracy on commercial shipping, humanitarian aid, and regional trade in the Horn of Africa, the United States and its international partners created the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia in New York on January 14, 2009.

The Contact Group was formed as an international cooperation mechanism against piracy, as called for in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1851, which was sponsored by the United States and passed unanimously on December 16, 2008.

The Department of State leads the United States Government's ...

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