To eradicate the scourge of piracy and armed robbery against ships currently plaguing the waters of South East Asia, 16 countries have adopted a Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia.

Acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea are still a major problem in many parts of the world.

In particular, piracy and armed robbery at sea require vigilance at the subregional, regional and international levels.

The most significant threats to the security of United Nations staff and operations continue to be physical attacks, threats, robbery and theft.

The Secretary General's latest report on oceans and the law of the sea refers to a large number of actual and attempted acts of piracy and armed robbery.

63. Welcomes the significant decrease in the number of attacks by pirates and armed robbers in the Asian region through increased national action and regional cooperation

UNOCI personnel have been victims of armed robbery, burglary and carjackings in recent months.

This section is responsible for all matters which fall within the scope of the special measures to enhance maritime security as well as piracy and armed robbery issue.

We join with other States in expressing concern about the continued incidence of piracy, armed robbery and smuggling at sea and at the increasing level of violence associated with those activities.

This banditry, which spares neither countryside nor city, much less roads, takes many forms carjacking, armed robbery and hold up of motorists.

There are currently four cases before the Special Court, dealing with charges of rape, armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms and unlawful killing of persons in custody.

The author states that her son admitted to being present at the scene of each of the two murders, and to robbery, but maintains his innocence in relation to the two murders.

The Monitoring Group has been invited to give a presentation at a forthcoming IMO subregional seminar on piracy and armed robbery against ships and maritime security.

Humanitarian workers are increasingly subjected to threats and intimidation by forces from both sides, in addition to facing random danger from military action, banditry and armed robbery.

Thus, in addition to being targeted because of their affiliation with the Organization, United Nations personnel face the same rising levels of street crime, home invasion and carjacking as the general public.

Throughout the reporting period, United Nations personnel deployed globally in a broad range of field operations continued to be subjected to threats such as hostage taking, physical assault, robbery, theft, harassment and detention.

The measures currently in force cover the whole spectrum of security such as attempts to commit petty thefts, piracy and armed robbery, attempts to board a ship as a stowaway or illegal migrant and finally terrorism.

2.1 On 31 May 2000, Vazgen Arutyuniantz and another man, Armen Garushyantz, were convicted in the Military Court in Tashkent of the aggravated murder of two people and of burgling their apartments they were sentenced to death.

This included, among others, preliminary enquiries into cases of murder, attempted murder, rape and other sexual offences, burglary, conspiracy, shooting with intent, possession of narcotics for the purposes of trafficking all indictable matters.

65. Notes the adoption of resolution A.1002(25) on 29 November 2007 by the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coast of Somalia, and encourages States to ensure its full implementation

In a report on Somalia submitted to the Security Council, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said I welcome the decision of the governments of India and the Russian Federation to cooperate with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to fight piracy and armed robbery against ships.

Burglaries, robberies, harassment at checkpoints and the threat of being assaulted or taken hostage are prevalent in many areas where the presence of the United Nations has long been and remains indispensable.

(b) Countries that were abolitionist for ordinary crimes, meaning that the death penalty had been abolished for all ordinary offences committed in peacetime, such as those contained in the criminal code or those recognized in common law (for example, murder, rape and robbery with violence).

The Court is currently hearing three other cases involving allegations of rape and armed robbery by members of the military and Popular Defence Forces, intentional wounding by a civilian and murder charges against three military intelligence officers for the death of a man in custody in March 2005.