MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines, which provides a significant number of the world’s commercial sailors, said Saturday it would contribute $20,000 to a U.N. trust fund to support Somali security forces in their fight against piracy.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that 44 Filipino sailors are currently being held by Somali pirates, who have severely disrupted shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.
The statement said the Philippines, which supplies about 30 percent of the world’s 1.2 million merchant sailors, was “committed to help restore peace and security in Somalia.”
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all countries to provide urgent military support to Somalia’s embattled transitional government and the poorly resourced African Union peacekeeping force. The Horn of Africa country has not had a functioning government since the ouster of a longtime dictator in 1991 and is driven by fighting among clan warlords and an Islamist insurgency.
January – ZERO WASTE MONTH
“Stop wasting our money.
Stop corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
January
24 Jan – International Day of Education
26 Jan – International Day of Clean Energy
Monthly Observances:
National Microinsurance Month
Zero Waste Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: National Time Consciousness Week
Week 3: National Mental Health Week
Last Week: Children’s Week
Daily Observances:
January 6: Community Development Day
Third Sunday: Children’s Day
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
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