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GOVERMENT HOUSE, HONG KONG.

WED 27 MAY 92 09:00

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Potential disasters if vessels are not under continuous

control;

Acknowledged commercial

merchant ships to deviate or delay;

constraints

on the freedom of

Acknowledged

the factors

made which

difficult

the

provision of evidence;

Applauded

the initiates

taken in the region to deal

with attacks;

Encourages

governments

to increase mutual awareness of

piracy and robbery;

Noted IMO Resolution A.683 (17) on piracy;

Urges shipowners to report all attacks;

Supported

the

establishment

of a

regional

response

48. The

centre (but did not specify government/commercial).

Indonesian

delegation

agreed to inform the IMB of the

result of the prosecution of the pirates who were arrested

recently.

MM2 (668)

Multi-lateral Policy Division

March 1992