EUCOM Leaders to Meet With African Nations to Discuss Security, Safety
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS060317-10
Release Date: 3/18/2006 12:01:00 PM
By Journalist 1st Class Eric Brown, Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs
NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- The Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the U.S. European Command and Commander, Naval Forces Europe (CNE) will jointly host a workshop entitled “Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea” in Accra, Ghana, March 19–22.
The workshop will include participants from 11 African nations and senior representatives from several regional and international organizations, U.S. government representatives and observers from six European nations.
“This workshop is designed to bring together leaders from the region and experts in the field of maritime safety and security to share information and exchange ideas,” said Adm. Harry Ulrich, CNE. “More importantly, this will give us the opportunity to build effective peer networking among the African professionals, and strengthen our emerging partnerships with those nations."
Ulrich went on to explain that there is an urgent need to address maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea.
“This is a regional problem and requires a regional solution. These nations need to protect their natural resources and provide for safety and security to their coastlines,” said Ulrich.
The workshop will be conducted in English, French and Portuguese, some of the working languages of the Gulf of Guinea nations. Participant countries include Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.
The meeting is expected to lay the groundwork for a ministerial-level symposium in the fall of
2006, which will seek to define and develop a collaborative regional strategy for sustained maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea.
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