Somali receive international assistance to $ 250 million.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo off the coast of Somalia Somali22.04.2009Premer asked not to pay Somali pirates vykupyMezhdunarodnaya assistance, where more than 20 years, practically does not stop a civil war will reach $ 250 million. This was disclosed during the Brussels Conference - donors to Somalia said the head of European Commission for Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel (Louis Michel), reported Agence France-Presse.
The International Conference is organized under the auspices of the UN, African Union, the League of Arab States and the European Union. The conference plans to develop a series of measures to support the Government of Somalia, to reduce unemployment, especially among young people. According to preliminary plans, the amount of necessary financial aid to Somalia was estimated at 165 million dollars.
Previously, agency Reuters reported that the EU has pledged 77 million euros to support the security forces of Somalia and the African Union peacekeepers who are in this country. At the same time, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said that the problems of Somalia, especially the fight against rampant piracy accepted, can not be resolved solely by force.
At this time in Somalia, there is no single centralized state, the country is controlled by individual field commanders, it also created a number of autonomous entities, some of which consider themselves independent states.
In connection with hostage by pirates, a number of countries have sent ships to the area of the Gulf of Aden warships. In June 2008 the UN Security Council passed a resolution allowing foreign warships to patrol the territorial waters of Somalia. In December, the Security Council resolution authorized to conduct land operations against pirates and to the attacks from the air.