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【标准美音 Editorial】01-11-2012
U.S. Helping To Confront Piracy, Ensure Freedom Of The Seas

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Photo: AP
The guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd responds to a distress call from the Iranian-flagged fishing vessel Al Molai, which was being held captive by pirates in the Arabian Sea, January 5, 2012.
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HINTS:
United Nation's-organized Contact Group on Piracy
Coast of Somalia
Djibouti Peace Process
Somalia's Transitional Federal GovernmentSince 2009, the U.S. has worked with 70 nations and international organizations as part of the United Nation's-organized Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The group works to coordinate naval patrols supported by more than 30 countries to protect vessels transiting the area, which is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. It also works with shipping companies to improve ship security, aids the governments of Somalia and other nations in the region to combat piracy on shore, and to disrupt the financial networks used by pirates to fund their operations.
While the presence of American naval vessels in the region promotes freedom of the seas and protects vital commerce, ultimately the problem of piracy won't be resolved until stability is restored in Somalia. To that end, our nation continues to support the Djibouti Peace Process, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and other local and regional organizations working toward these same goals.