U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and representative

(1 Mar 2012) HEADLINE: Cameron: World must help fragile Somalia
CAPTION: U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and representatives of about 50 nations and organizations are discussing hunger, piracy and terrorism in Somalia. (Feb. 23)

[Notes:LONDON/FEB. 23]
[Notes:SOURCE: AP]
[SOT/:DAVID CAMERON/UK PRIME MINISTER]
FOR TWO DECADES SOMALIA HAS BEEN TORN APART BY FAMINE, BY BLOODSHED, AND BY SOME OF THE WORST POVERTY ON OUR PLANET. AS MANY AS ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THE TERRIBLE SCENES WE ALL SAW OF THE FAMINE LAST YEAR WAS TRULY HEARTBREAKING. WITH DEATH AND SUFFERING ON A SCALE THAT NO COUNTRY AND NO PEOPLE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO SUFFER IN OUR MODERN WORLD.
[Notes:SOT: HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON/US SECRETARY OF STATE]
THE OUTCOME OF LAST WEEK'S MEETING OF SOMALIA LEADERS IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGNAL THAT MORE PROGRESS WILL BE FORTHCOMING SOON AND I AM ENCOURAGED TO SEE REPRESENTATIVES OF SO MANY SOMALI POLITICAL GROUPS HERE TODAY, IN A SIGN OF THEIR DEDICATION TO THIS EFFORT.
WE WELCOME THE INCREASED WILLINGNESS OF MANY OF SOMALIA'S NEIGHBORS TO INCARCERATE PIRATES. AND AS THE UN HELPS BUILD JUDICIAL AND PRISON CAPACITY IN SOMALIA, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT MORE NATIONS STEP FORWARD TO JAIL AND PROSECUTE PIRATES WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT SEIZING COMMERCIAL VESSLES THAT ARE FLAGGED, OWNED AND CREWED BY CITIZENS OF THEIR COUNTRIES.
APTN STORY NUMBER: 729412

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