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Operation Atalanta
Part of counter-piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa
Date
8 December 2008 – present (15 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean
Result
Ongoing
Belligerents
List
European Union
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Malta
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Colombia
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Montenegro
New Zealand
Norway
Serbia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Somali pirates
Commanders and leaders
Vice Admiral José María Núñez Torrente [es] (Operation Commander EU Naval Force)
Rear Admiral Paolo Spagnoletta (Deputy Operation Commander EU Naval Force)
Commodore Rui Correia (Force Commander EU Naval Force)
Unknown
Strength
1–4 surface vessels
1–2 maritime patrol & reconnaissance aircraft
(normally)
unknown
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Operation Atalanta
2008
Carré d'As IV
2009
3 March
9 April
19 May
7 September
2010
5 April
2012
12 January
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Piracy off Somalia
2006
Action of 18 March
2007
Action of 3 June
MV Al Marjan
Action of 28 October
Dai Hong Dan
2008
Operation Atalanta
MY Le Ponant
MV Iran Deyanat
Carré d'As IV
Action of 11 November
FV Ekawat Nava 5
2009
Action of 3 March
April raid
MV Maersk Alabama
Action of 13 August
Operation Ocean Shield
Action of 7 September
2010
Action of 23 March
Action of 30 March
Action of 1 April
Action of 5 April
MV Moscow University
2011
Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
Operation Dawn 8
MV Beluga Nomination
Operation Island Watch
Minicoy Island
MV Sinar Kudus
SY Quest
Operation Umeed-e-Nuh
2012
Patiño
Operation Atalanta, formally European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia, is an ongoing counter-piracy military operation at sea off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean, that is the first naval operation conducted by the European Union (EU), in support of United Nations resolutions 1814, 1816, 1838, and 1846 adopted in 2008 by the United Nations Security Council. Since 29 March 2019,[1] the operational headquarters is located at Naval Station Rota (NAVSTA Rota) in Spain, having moved from London as a result of the British withdrawal from the EU.[2]
It is part of a larger global action by the EU to prevent and combat acts of piracy in the Indian Ocean, and it is the first EU naval operation to be launched.[3] It cooperates with the multinational Combined Task Force 151 of the US-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and NATO's anti-piracy Operation Ocean Shield.
The mission was launched in December 2008 with a focus on protecting Somalia-bound vessels and shipments belonging to the WFP and AMISOM, as well as select other vulnerable shipments. In addition, Operation Atalanta monitors fishing activity on the regional seaboard.[4] In 2012, the scope of the mission expanded to include Somali coastal territories and internal waters so as to co-ordinate counter-piracy operations with Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and regional administrations.[5] On 16 July 2012, the EU also mandated the EUCAP Nestor mission to build up the maritime capacity of regional navies.[6]
In July 2018, the Council of the European Union extended the Mandate of Operation ATALANTA until December 2020.
On 1 January 2021, the Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/2188[7] of 22 December 2020 that extended again the mandate of the EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation ATALANTA for another two years was implemented.
^"La Base de Rota (Cádiz) acoge la celebración por los 15 años del inicio de la operación Atalanta de la Unión Europea". Europa Press (in Spanish). 23 November 2023.
^"EU piracy force to leave UK post-Brexit". BBC News. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^Butler, Graham; Ratcovich, Martin (July 2016). "Operation Sophia in Uncharted Waters: European and International Law Challenges for the EU Naval Mission in the Mediterranean Sea". Nordic Journal of International Law. 85 (3): 235–259. doi:10.1163/15718107-08503003. The first EU naval mission, Operation Atalanta, launched in 2008 is still an active operation that has had its mandated extended to meet the need for its continuance.
^"Mission". EU NAVFOR Public Affairs Office. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^"EU Extends Counter-piracy Operations Off Somalia By Two More Years". RTT News. 23 March 2012.
^"GGI Analysis: The Somali crisis and the EU". Global Governance Institute. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/2188 of 22 December 2020 amending Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP on a European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast, 23 December 2020, retrieved 29 May 2022
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