ATALANTA

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On 16 December 2024, EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA extended towards February 2027 with a new mandate enforced, reflecting achievements, challenges and way ahead for the Operation. EU Member States decided that the Operation should preserve its main efforts to protect World Food Programme (WFP) and other vulnerable vessels; deter, prevent and repress piracy and armed robbery at sea; monitor fishing activities in the Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean; countering drug trafficking and contribute to the arms embargo on Al Shabaab, the illicit trade in charcoal and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

With ATALANTA being part of the EU´s integrated approach to the Horn of Africa, the Operation supports its sister missions EUCAP-Somalia and EUTM-Somalia, maintains close linkages with EU representations across the area and contributes to the implementation of EU programmes aimed to enhance the regional maritime security architecture.