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![]() CONTRIBUTE to the DISRUPTION of drug and arms trafficking.DETECT, PREVENT, and REPRESS piracy and armed robbery at sea in the area of operations.PROTECT belonging to the World Food Programme and other vulnerable vessels. ![]() ![]() On 12 December 2022, EU Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2441 amended the tasks of ATALANTA as follows: Over time, the mandate of EU NAVFOR has been adapted to reflect the evolving situation in the region and the increased presence of the International Community, with the aim of developing the Operation into a provider of maritime security in the North-West Indian Ocean. In fact, the new mandate sets the objective of making ATALANTA a reference throughout the North-West Indian Ocean as a maritime security provider in the region.Īt the end of 2008, the European Union Council adopted Resolution 2008/851/CFSP, based on various UN resolutions, to establish the EU maritime military operation - ATALANTA Operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention, and repression of piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia. It also maintains close links with EU representations throughout the area and contributes to the implementation of EU programmes aimed at improving the regional maritime security framework.įurthermore, the new mandate expresses the will to establish a new relationship with EMASOH-AGENOR, by developing new ties and synergies with this operation, in which European countries are involved, focused on the Strait of Hormuz. ![]() EU Member States decided that the Operation should keep its main effort on the following missions: protecting World Food Programme (WFP) vessels and other vulnerable vessels transiting the region deterring, preventing, and suppressing piracy and armed robbery in the Operations Area monitoring fishing activities in the Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean fighting drug trafficking and assisting in the weapons embargo on Somalia, illegal trade in charcoal and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing ("IUU fishing").Īs ATALANTA is part of the EU's Comprehensive Support to the Horn of Africa, the Operation actively supports the 'sister missions' EUCAP-Somalia (EU Capacity Building - Somalia) and EUTM-Somalia (EU Training Mission - Somalia). ![]() At the end of 2022, EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA was extended until December 2024 with a new mandate reflecting the achievements, challenges and future of the Operation. ![]()
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