The global shipping industry (represented by the Round Table of international shipping associations) has called on the United Nations (UN) to establish a force of armed military guards to tackle the piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, INTERTANKO, and INTERCARGO demanded the UN take action to curb rising levels of piracy. "It is now abundantly clear to shipping companies that the current situation whereby control of the Indian Ocean has been ceded to pirates, requires a bold new strategy," the associations state. "To be candid, the current approach is not working."
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