UN Security Council
2022

regard noting the need for international assistance to support national and regional efforts, Recalling that the signatories to the Yaoundé Code of Conduct have expressed their commitment to arrest, investigate and prosecute persons who have committed acts of piracy, as well as seizing pirate ships, and rescuing ships, persons and property subject to piracy, and encouraging the full and effective implementation of the Code of Conduct with a view to eradicating illegal activities off the coast of West and Central Africa, Underlining the importance of determining the existence of any possible or potential links between piracy and armed robbery at sea and terrorist groups in West and Central Africa and the Sahel region, 1. Strongly condemns piracy and armed robbery at sea, including acts of murder, kidnapping and hostage-taking, in the Gulf of Guinea; 2. Stresses the primary responsibility of the States of the Gulf of Guinea to counter piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea and address their underlying causes, in close cooperation with regional and subregional organizations and their international partners;