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United States to Chair Counter-Piracy Contact Group in 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013.

In 2013, the United States will chair the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, a partnership of nearly 80 countries and international organizations that has been working since 2009 to turn the tide on maritime crime along one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors.

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In a communiqué following their December 11, 2012 meeting in New York, the Contact Group noted continued significant reductions in attacks and hijackings and…

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