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Appendix D: Specific Reference Information
Appendix D: Specific Reference Information
Pages 192-200
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Each Interpol member can in turn offer access to its databases on a consultative basis to groups such as border patrols or customs authorities by expanding existing multilateral agreements. Interpol ensures its continuing existence by developing services and training at all levels of technical sophistication for its membership, using an established global operation in over 200 sites around the world.
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The involvement of Lloyd's in the Malacca Strait incident of 2005 is an example of the critical role of the Lloyd's network and other commercial maritime players in cooperative solutions to issues of maritime safety and security. It was the raising of insurance rates for shipping in the region due to piracy and terrorist activities that brought the security issue to the boiling point and led to sharpened interest among shippers and insurers acting with and pressuring the coastal states to improve regional cooperation in dealing with the security of
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USNS Comfort Deployment The deployment of the USNS Comfort to the Caribbean during the summer and fall of 2007 is an excellent example of cooperation and good will leading to bilateral agreements between nations that could improve maritime security. The deployment of Comfort for 4 months to 13 countries throughout the Caribbean basin was intended to provide medical, dental, and engineering assistance to the local populations as well as to train and share information with the health ministries in those countries.
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The GoG Initiative grew out of increased concern on the part of Africa, but also of the United States, NATO, and the European Union, about the violence and political, economic, and military instability resulting from the area's emerging status as a major oil exporter. Based largely on an intersecting set of military-to-military relationships and the proactive programs of EUCOM, the initiative includes various strategies to improve information and situational awareness but is principally aimed at developing national military and nonmilitary capacities to ensure maritime safety and security.
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This model might well be followed in varying degrees with the other COCOMs based on their own theater engagement plans and bilateral and multinational relationships with coalition partners. Malacca Strait Security Initiative A growing number of Southeast Asian nations have formed a multilateral organization to develop and maintain a "comprehensive real-time regional sea situation picture" focused mainly on the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Sin
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There is the Vessel Traffic Information System, which receives inputs from the closed circuit television surveillance system, AIS transponders, and the Singapore Port Traffic Management System. Since January 1, 2007, all licensed powered harbor and pleasure craft are required to have the Harbour Craft Transponder System (HARTS)
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At first, engagement consisted of Navy vessels making port calls, conducting onshore and underway training, and progressing from country to participating country. In the early 1990s, the organization became more multilateral.
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intelligence agencies. The mission is to counter illicit trafficking, to promote cooperation on security, and to coordinate country team and partner nation initiatives.
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The significant trust that exists between partner nations did not occur overnight. Attention to national concerns and information sharing opened the doors to increased cooperation.
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