Cowke Posted October 21, 2009 Al-Qadhafi Advises To Reach Agreement on Somali Exclusive Economic Zone PANA Online Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Somali Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) shelf/area Unattributed report: “Kadhafi Receives Somali Maritime Organisation Delegation” Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan revolutionary leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, on Monday advised civilian organisations controlling Somali coasts to draw up an agreement on the Somali Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to protect their country maritime riches. A Libyan official said Kadhafi told them that the agreement should be based on the Law of the Sea, which stipulates that economic waters belong to coastal countries. The Libyan leader was speaking when a delegation of the civilian organisations controlling the Somali coasts called on him on Monday in Tripoli. This zone, he said, stretches over 320 kilometres, adding that all the riches in that zone are the property of the coastal country and that nobody has the right to touch this maritime wealth unless so authorised by an agreement between the country to which the EEZ belongs and the party wishing to fish and invest in it. Kadhafi, who is the current Chairman of the African Union, also advised the Somali delegation to present the draft agreement to all groups in Somalia to discuss it and to add their demands concerning the protection of this economic zone and its riches. He promised that Libya would assist in any possible way in drafting the agreement in line with international law of the sea and stressed the need for Somali groups to comply with this agreement. The Somali delegation called on Kadhafi to thank him for his speech at the just- ended UN General Assembly on the protection of the EEZ off their coasts and to face up to the plundering of the riches of that zone. The delegation told the Libyan leader that their country was facing an aggressive attack launched by the capitalist companies of Western countries and others which plundered their country`s maritime riches. They were also pouring industrial waste produced by their factories into the sea off Somali coasts. “The Somali people and freedom-loving peoples, are happy to see a brother defend us and make our voice heard worldwide,” on official of the delegation declared. “This brother (Kadhafi) is prepared to make sacrifices on behalf of the underprivileged and oppressed throughout the various regions of the world.” Piracy off the Somali coast has been a threat to international shipping since the beginning of the Somali civil war in the early 1990s. Since 2005, many international organisations, including the International Maritime Organisation and the World Food Programme of the United Nations, have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy. Piracy has contributed to an increase in shipping costs and impeded the delivery of food aid shipments. (Description of Source: Dakar PANA Online in English -- Website of the independent news agency with material from correspondents and news agencies throughout Africa; URL: http://www.panapress.com/english/index.htm) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peacenow Posted October 21, 2009 How pathetic this country and people just begging and begging. They can't even draft a law to protect and patrol the waters. What a a joke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gheelle.T Posted October 21, 2009 Peacenow you are so right on this one! Pathetic indeed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thankful Posted October 21, 2009 Peacenow Why are you on this site if Somalia and it's people are so pathetic? It's people with your hatred that causes problems. You need some serious mental health evaluation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
