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AREA THERE IS LIKELY TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
VESSELS PASSING THROUGH LATER THIS YEAR.
4.
YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT THE MALAYSIAN DELEGATION TO THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE (MSC) OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION (IMO) REPORTED ON 8 APRIL 1992 THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROPOSAL, ADVANCED AT THE ASEAN SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY 1992 BY INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE, TO, SET UP A JOINT ANTI-PIRACY UNIT. THE INDONESIAN DELEGATION TO THE MSC ALSO MADE AN UNCONVINCING STATEMENT VOICING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT PIRACY IN INDONESIAN WATERS WHILE OFFERING NO SOLUTIONS.
5. THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICC) ALSO REPORTED TO MSC THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING THE ANTI-PIRACY UNIT PROPOSED AT THEIR SEMINAR IN KUALA LUMPUR IN FEBRUARY 1992. THIS PROPOSAL IS DEPENDENT ON FINANCE FROM THE INDUSTRY WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN FORTHCOMING.
6.
THE MSC UNDERTOOK TO ASK THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE IMO TO URGE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COASTAL STATES TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST PIRACY. MANY DELEGATIONS WERE CLEARLY IMPATIENT AT THE LACK OF TANGIBLE PROGRESS. THE JAPANESE AND OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FEDERATION AND THE ICC PROPOSED THAT THE SITUATION WAS NOW SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BE TAKEN
TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS BUT THERE IS CLEARLY NO SIMPLE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE WELCOME.
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