Security Council : Algeria Insists on Peaceful Resolution of Maritime Disputes

NEW YORK (UNITED NATIONS) – Algeria, through the political coordinator of its mission to the United Nations, Dahmane Yahiaoui, emphasized on Tuesday from New York the importance of resolving maritime disputes by peaceful means, respecting the principle of national sovereignty of states and non-interference in their internal affairs, while reaffirming Algeria’s full commitment to actively participate in all international efforts aimed at ensuring maritime security.

In his speech during a high-level open debate of the Security Council themed: “Strengthening maritime security through international cooperation for global stability,” Yahiaoui said that Algeria insists on the “need for all initiatives aimed at strengthening maritime security in line with the national sovereignty of states, non-interference in their internal affairs, and the peaceful resolution of disputes, in accordance with the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter.”

Algeria also rejects “any selective use of the security issue to justify unilateral measures or impose an illegitimate reality in maritime spaces,” he said.

On this occasion, Algeria reiterated its “full commitment to actively participate in all international efforts aimed at ensuring maritime security,” he added.

He said that he was convinced that the protection of seas and oceans was an integral part of an international order based on peace, justice, and sustainable development for all.

Yahiaoui recalled that the Security Council “plays a central role in addressing threats to global maritime security,” emphasizing the need for “complementarity between its action and that of the UN General Assembly, as an inclusive forum fostering collective understanding and the development of multilateral cooperation frameworks in this area.”

Algeria “considers that addressing challenges threatening maritime security, such as piracy, armed attacks on ships, organized crime, illegal fishing, terrorism, and irregular migration, requires a comprehensive approach based on strengthening international cooperation, information exchange, capacity building, all in respect of the fundamental principles of international law and strict adherence to relevant international legal instruments, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),” he said.

In this regard, Algeria called for support for the efforts of developing countries, especially in Africa, “through sustainable financing to strengthen national capacities, maritime surveillance, and access to technologies and training, enabling them to exercise full jurisdiction over their maritime spaces and combat growing threats.”