Wednesday April 28, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Somalia is complaining that their judicial system is overburdened by piracy trials.

So Russia has suggested that the United Nations set up a court to try pirates who have been captured after terrorizing shipping lanes across the high seas.
The UN Security Council has agreed to the Russian proposal and charged the UN Secretary General to iron out the details within three months.

The pirates have wreaked havoc on the seas. They have free reign and even after being caught in the act, many have been released and allowed to board their own boats, but without their weapons. They are released because their captors do not have the jurisdiction to arrest and try them.

If the Secretary General comes back with a good proposal, new court may help just help crack down on these pirates.

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