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US satisfied with resolution No. 1846

WASHINGTON , Dec. 4 (Saba) - The United States (US) expressed its atisfaction with the adoption of Security Council resolution No.

1846unanimously and by which it set the mandate of the states signatories, which are
about 150 countries, of the treaty on fighting piracy in the coasts of Somalia and
illegal activities.

The resolution welcomed the initiative of the European Union to send a mission to
the region as well as the decision to accompany the World Food Program shipments
until the arrival of the European Union mission.

The permanent representative of Yemen to the United Nations Abdullah al-Saidi
briefed the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon that the rise in
piracy in Somali coasts is a reflection of the domestic situation of Somalia.

He also made clear the efforts of the country to come out with a reconciliation
between the warring factions in the Somali country.

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