19th CGPCS plenary session to take place in Mahe, Seychelles

Q.  19th Plenary session of CGPCS will take place in which country?
- Published on 06 Jun 16

a. Mauritius
b. Seychelles
c. Maldives
d. Malaysia

ANSWER: Seychelles
 
19th Plenary Session of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) took place in Mahe, Seychelles during 31 May – 3 June 2016.
  • India was chosen to co-chair the important Working Group on Improving Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) in the Region through consensus.
  • Seychelles is the current chairman of the CGPCS for the biennium 2016-17.
  • CGPCS was set up as a group of interested and affected nations, industry associations and multilateral agencies to take pro-active steps for checking piracy in the Indian Ocean region through a UN Security Council resolution.

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