United Nations pledges to tackle piracy

In a response to the 13 organisations who jointly presented an almost million strong petition demanding action on piracy recently, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has promised that the UN and its partners will spare no effort to address the challenges arising from the issue of piracy.

A coalition of organisations representing the majority of the world’s ships and ships’ crews delivered 930, 406 signatures to the International Maritime Organisation in London as part of an ongoing world campaign against piracy.

In a response to the 13 organisations who jointly presented an almost million strong petition demanding action on piracy recently, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has promised that the UN and its partners will spare no effort to address the challenges arising from the issue of piracy.