Editing NATO (section)

===Gulf of Aden anti-piracy===
{{Main|Operation Ocean Shield}}
[[File:Gulf of Aden - disabled pirate boat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|{{USS|Farragut|DDG-99|6}} destroying a Somali pirate skiff in March 2010|alt=A tall plume of black smoke rises from the blue ocean waters next to a large grey battleship and a small black inflatable boat.]]

In 2008 the [[United Nations Secretary-General]] called on member-states to protect the ships of {{interlanguage link|Operation Allied Provider|de||no|Operasjon Allied Provider|ru|Операция «Эллайд Провайдер»|uk|Операція «Союзницький постачальник»}}, which was distributing aid as part of the [[World Food Programme]] mission in Somalia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2014 |title=Operation Allied Provider |url=https://shape.nato.int/page13984631 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114050617/https://shape.nato.int/page13984631 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |access-date=4 April 2024 |website= |publisher=[[Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe]]}}</ref>

The [[North Atlantic Council]] and other countries, including Russia, China and South Korea,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manw.nato.int/page_operation_ocean_shield.aspx |title=Operation Ocean Shield |publisher=NATO |access-date=3 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513125123/http://www.manw.nato.int/page_operation_ocean_shield.aspx |archive-date=13 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manw.nato.int/page_news_archive_OOS_%202010.aspx |title=2009 Operation Ocean Shield News Articles |publisher=NATO |date=October 2010 |access-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429152017/http://www.manw.nato.int/page_news_archive_OOS_%202010.aspx |archive-date=29 April 2011 }}</ref> formed [[Operation Ocean Shield]]. The operation sought to dissuade and interrupt pirate attacks, protect vessels, and to increase the general level of security in the region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_48815.htm |title=Operation Ocean Shield purpose |date=12 July 2016 |access-date=27 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913104750/http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_48815.htm |archive-date=13 September 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Beginning on 17 August 2009, NATO deployed warships in an operation to protect maritime traffic in the [[Gulf of Aden]] and the Indian Ocean from [[Piracy in Somalia|Somali pirates]], and help strengthen the navies and coast guards of regional states.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Counter-piracy operations (2008-2016) |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_48815.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712003129/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_48815.htm |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=NATO}}</ref>