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collaboration with the shipping and insurance industrie s and the IMO, to continue to
develop and implement avoidance, evasion, and defensive best practices and
advisories to take when under attack or when sailing in the waters off the coast of
Somalia, and further urges States to make their citizens and vessel s available for
forensic investigation as appropriate at the first suitable port of call immediately
following an act or attempted act of piracy or armed robbery at sea or release from
captivity;
29. Encourages flag States and port States to further consider the
development of safety and security measures on board vessels, including, where
applicable, developing regulations for the use of PCASP on board ships, aimed at
preventing and suppressing piracy off the coast of Somalia, through a consultative
process, including through the IMO and ISO;
30. Invites the IMO to continue its contributions to the prevention and
suppression of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships, in coordination, in
particular, with the UNODC, the World Food Program (WFP), the shipping industry,
and all other parties concerned, and recognizes the IMO’s role concerning privately
contracted armed security personnel on board ships in high -risk areas;
31. Notes the importance of securing the safe delivery of WFP assistance by
sea, and welcomes the ongoing work by the WFP, EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta,
and flag States with regard to Vessel Protection Detachments on WFP vessels;
32. Requests States and regional organizations cooperating with Somali
authorities to inform the Security Council and the Secretary-General in nine months
of the progress of actions undertaken in the exercise of the authorizations provided
in paragraph 14 above and further requests all States contributing through the
CGPCS to the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia, including Somalia and
other States in the region, to report by the same deadline on their efforts to establish
jurisdiction and cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of piracy;
33. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council within
eleven months of the adoption of this resolution on the implementation of this
resolution and on the situation with respect to piracy and armed robbery at sea off
the coast of Somalia;
34. Expresses its intention to review the situation and consider, as
appropriate, renewing the authorizations provided in paragraph 14 above for
additional periods upon the request of Somali authority;
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