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Ukraine – which has an estimated 70,000 citizens employed on ships under foreign flags – co-sponsored a resolution at the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) against piracy, but President Victor Yushchenko emphasized that “the measures so far [taken by the international community] have not been sufficient.”

UN should lead global efforts to counter piracy, Ukraine tells General Assembly