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The Greek cargo ship Centauri, hijacked by Somalia pirates off the Somali coast and released Thursday November 27, 2008 with all 25 Filipino crew unharmed after more than two months in the hands of pirates, docks in Mombasa, Kenya, Wednesday December 3, 2008. (AP)
The Security Council could meet to debate this resolution next Tuesday, this senior official said, speaking off the record.
"Everybody is very concerned about the piracy issue, it is obviously a growing problem," said this source.
"The international community is very united, but hasn't had the opportunity to speak with one voice on it," said the official.
"A lot of countries were involved in trying to stop the piracy, but there had been very uncoordinated efforts so far to deal with this problem."
The United Nations said Tuesday that it would host a two-day international conference in Nairobi this week to discuss how to combat rampant piracy off the Somalia.
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