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UN authorizes pursuit of Somali pirates on land
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday authorized countries fighting piracy off the Somali coast to take action also on Somalia's territory and in its airspace, subject to consent by the country's government. The United States said for the first time that the United Nations should deploy a peacekeeping force to war-torn Somalia and that Washington would push for a Security Council resolution by the end of the year to authorize one. The text, co-sponsored by Belgium, France, Greece, Liberia and South Korea is the fourth approved by the council since June to combat rampant piracy off Somalia's coast. The vote took place at a high-profile ministerial session attended by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Chinese deputy foreign minister He Yafei and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon. Posted by: Fred 2008-12-18 |
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