[The following is a speech delivered by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario of on the occasion of the 3rd High Level Public-Private Counter-Piracy Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 11-12, 2013]

Before I begin, I would like to thank the Government of the United Arab Emirates for their hospitality and their dedication in tackling this issue of maritime piracy.  As this is the third conference of its kind, I am pleased to see how awareness of our concerns is growing, and that the international community has taken many steps towards the eradication of maritime piracy.

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