Urgently ask my opinion about Somali pirates.

Pirates are the enemies of human society, and it is the responsibility of the international community to combat pirates. At present, Malacca Strait, Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Guinea are the busiest sea areas in the world, and they are also the three areas where pirates are most rampant. Especially since 2008, Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden have attracted the attention of the world media, posing an unprecedented challenge to the overseas interests of all countries, and also adding a lot of trouble to the United Nations in implementing humanitarian food aid to Somalia. According to the statistics of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), during the six days from April 1 to April 6 * *, there were1/newly reported pirate attacks in the world, of which seven occurred in Somali waters. International Piracy Bureau. On-site piracy report. _ fabric & view = table & table ID = 534 & calculation = 0 & ampItemid=82 Somali pirates have become an important factor affecting the trend of the situation in the Middle East and Africa and triggering the interaction among major powers. The problem of Somali piracy is the spillover of the chaos in Somalia, and it is essentially a global governance issue. It is the inevitable result of the international community's long-term indifference to the chaos in Somalia and the global "deficit" in the supply of public goods. At present, there are three main ways to study Somali pirates in academic circles. One is to discuss the legality of countries' anti-piracy from the perspective of international law, such as Li Wenpei. Research on piracy in international law of the sea. Law Press, 2010; Huang Lina. Somali pirates from the perspective of international law. Law Review, 2065438+00 (2); He, Pei. Perspective of Somali pirates. Ocean Press, 2009. The second is to discuss the problem of combating Somali pirates from the perspective of international politics of non-traditional security, such as: Guo Sun Somali pirates, People's Armed Police Publishing House, 2009; Xiao Yang, Liu Sisi. Vigilance and Response: Piracy —— Taking Somali pirates as the analysis object. International Forum, 20 10(2). The third is to discuss the crisis management of Somali pirates from the perspective of hot diplomacy. For example, Murphy M N. Contemporary piracy and maritime terrorism: a threat to international security. New york: Routledge, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2007; Private security, Somali pirates, and the importance to Europe. Working meeting of the Forum for Security and Defence in Europe, 2009 (2); Liu Jun. Analysis of Somali pirates. Modern International Relations, 2008( 1)

The Challenge of Somali Pirates to Global Public Security Order

Somalia is surrounded by the Gulf of Aden, the artery of maritime traffic, and about 20,000 cargo ships pass through this waterway every year, which provides external conditions for the rise of Somali pirates. Zhang Jiadong. World piracy and the construction of international anti-piracy mechanism. Modern International Relations, 2009 (1): 35 In 2008, pirates successfully hijacked 49 cargo ships in various waters around the world, including 42-44 ships in Somali waters. On September 25, 2008, the Ukrainian MV Faina, carrying 33 T-72 tanks, rocket launchers and small arms, was also hijacked by Somali pirates, and was finally forced to pay a ransom of $3.2 million on February 4, 2009. Christopher joiner. Somalia, piracy and maritime terrorism. Law and economics. Ethics, Winter/Spring 2009: 83. 86. Somali pirates pose a great challenge to the freedom of passage of international waterways and increase the operating costs of merchant ships. In 2008 alone, merchant ships from all over the world paid a ransom of $6,543.8+$200 million to Somali pirates, causing economic losses of about $6,543.8+$500 million to the international community every year. If merchant ships bypass the Cape of Good Hope, their freight will increase by 20%-30%, and the insurance premium charged by insurance companies for ships passing through Somali waters has doubled in recent years.

In the face of the increasingly serious Somali piracy crisis, on February 27th, 2008, the Somali representative to the United Nations, Ould Abdullah, wrote to the Security Council, stressing that the Transitional Federal Government requested the international community to provide emergency assistance and take necessary actions in Somali territorial waters and international waters to ensure the safe and smooth international navigation channels. On September 1 day, President Yusuf of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia? 6? 1 Ahmed sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, reiterating the government's willingness to cooperate with the international community to crack down on Somali piracy and armed robbery. The United States joined the international response to the piracy in Sommani. American Journal of International Law, 2009,103 (1):147 Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), wrote to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on June 20, 2008, asking the Security Council and the international community to take a high degree of coordination. Briefing 54 International Maritime Organization, 2 1, 2008 1 1 month.

The organization also pointed out that from June 5, 2009 to February 5, 2009, the International Maritime Organization reported 27 new incidents of piracy and armed robbery, as well as reports of acts and armed robbery against ships. Inside.