Premature release of convicted pirates in Somalia

THE Chair of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) conveys deep concern and alerts the International Community and the UN Security Council over the recent decision of the Parliament of the Regional State of Puntland in Somalia to unilaterally breach the Agreement on Transfer of sentenced pirates between Republic of Somalia and the Republic of Seychelles and for establishing a “technical committee on the release of piracy prisoners."