Many nations have been actively involved in ending piracy by providing the affected countries with military support and proper technology. The United States, which has been aiding countries around the Gulf of Guinea and Horn of Africa affected by piracy since 2009, and its Maritime Security Interagency Policy Committee drafted an action plan to combat piracy, reviewed and approved by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in June of 2014. The United Kingdom has been working with the International Maritime Organization and other groups in order to put an end to modern-day piracy since 2004. They have deployed navy vessels on collaborative operations with the US and Norway to the Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Oman in order to safeguard cargo ships
