On 25th November 2016, the Council extended the mandate of the operation EUNAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta until 31 December 2018.
The Council also allocated to the operation a budget of EUR 11.064 million from the so-called common costs.
The European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta was propelled in December 2008 to add to the discouragement, aversion and suppression of demonstrations of theft and outfitted burglary off the Somali drift. The operation is a piece of the EU's thorough approach for a serene, steady and equitable Somalia.
The operation likewise secures vessels of the World Food Program and other powerless transportation, screens angling exercises off the shoreline of Somalia and backings other EU missions and projects in the locale.
