page_title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1950
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1950
caption_attribution_description: English: The Somali pirates holding the merchant vessel MV Faina stand on the deck of the ship after a U.S. Navy request to check on the health and welfare of the ships crew. The Belize-flagged cargo ship, owned and operated by Kaalbye Shipping, Ukraine, was seized by pirates on Sept. 25 and forced to proceed to anchorage off the Somali coast. The ship is carrying a cargo of Ukrainian T-72 tanks and related military equipment.
context_page_description: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1950, adopted unanimously on November 23, 2010, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in Somalia, including resolutions 1814, 1816, 1838, 1844, 1846, 1851, 1897 and 1918; the Council re-authorised states to intervene in acts of piracy by Somali pirates at sea for a further period of twelve months.
  The Transitional Federal Government in Somalia had made several requests for assistance to counter piracy off its coast.
context_section_description: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1950, adopted unanimously on November 23, 2010, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in Somalia, including resolutions 1814 (2008), 1816 (2008), 1838 (2008), 1844 (2008), 1846 (2008), 1851 (2008), 1897 (2009) and 1918 (2010); the Council re-authorised states to intervene in acts of piracy by Somali pirates at sea for a further period of twelve months.
  The Transitional Federal Government in Somalia had made several requests for assistance to counter piracy off its coast.
caption: Somali pirates onboard a hijacked ship
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