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IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
... force against the gunmen operating off the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.France's UN ambassador, Jean-Maurice Ripert, said the move sent a very strong signal and would allow the European Union to begin an air and naval operation off Somalia on December 8.Attacks at sea have increased this year as chaos has mounted onshore. Islamist rebels have been fighting Somalia's deeply...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... piracy is threatening to choke one of the world's busiest maritime trade routes.French ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert hailed the text's passage as providing "a legal basis for the launching of operation Atalanta," adding that the Security Council "is sending a very strong signal of its determination to fight piracy."The European mission is aimed at protecting ships that bear...
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... States-drafted text was adopted unanimously by the 15-nation council.France's UN ambassador, Jean-Maurice Ripert, said the move sent a very strong signal and would allow the European Union to begin an air and naval operation off Somalia on December 8.That mission is expected to involve five to six ships at any given time, plus maritime surveillance aircraft. - Reuters
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... waters and escort ships carrying commercial and humanitarian cargo.French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert said he considers the resolution a very important step in the fight against piracy."Piracy is killing. Every day more than three million Somali people are depending on food aid, on emergency relief - which are coming, 95 percent of them - by the sea. So by adopting resolution...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... sending a very strong signal of its determination to deal with piracy," said French UN Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert.He told reporters it would enable the European Union to start an air and naval operation off Somalia on December 8th. The operation is expected to involve five to six ships at any given time, plus maritime surveillance aircraft."We think it will act both as...
