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UNITED NATIONS – The Security Council voted on behalf of Somali forces to take a lead in the country's security
A resolution adopted unanimously by the council authorizes deployment of the force known as AMISOM until May 31, 2019, including a reduction to a maximum of 20,626 uniformed troops by Feb. 28, 2019. It pushes back Somalia's target takeover from AMISOM from 2020.
British Ambbadador Karen Pierce, whose country sponsored the resolution, said: "AMISOM is providing significant space while Somalia gets its own security forces up to capacity, and We hope that this will continue. "
" The resolution allows for a delay in the transition of AMISOM precisely so that it's enough time and space for the Somalis to get their house in order to the security side, "Pierce said. 19659003] Somalia, which borders restive Kenya and lies across the Gulf of Aden from conflict-wracked Yemen, began to fall apart in 1991, when warlords ousted dictator Siad Barre and then turned over each other. Years of conflict and attacks by the al-Shabab Islamic extremist group, along with famine, shattered the country of some 12 million people.
Al-Shabab was
With a new federal government established, Somalia's military is baduming full responsibility for the country's
But Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a July 5 letter to the Security Council that an badessment of AMISOM, working closely with the AU, concluded that despite "the significant positive developments … progress is still reversible" and "Al-Shabab remains a potent threat."
He noted that Somalia suffered "the worst terrorist attacks in its history" last Oct. 14 in Mogadishu, which killed over 500 people
"The attack, attributed to Al-Shabab, underscored the deficiencies in capacity and control of Somali security forces," Guterres said. "
Guterres said the attacks" "" "" "" It is a case in point of fact, that it is followed by other deadly attacks by al-Shabab on the subject of war crimes. AMISOM is necessary during the transition as Somalia builds the capability of its security forces and prepares for elections in 2020-2021. "
He stressed that the presence of AMISOM, alongside Somali forces, will be necessary during the elections, with The Security Council last augured the AMISOM's mission until May 31, 2018, and authorized a reduction of its uniformed peacekeepers from 22,126 to 21,626 by the end of last year and to 20,626 by this Oct. 30. In May, the council had extended AMISOM's mandate until July 31.
Monday's resolution delayed the troop AMISOM's personal font at the current maximum of 1,040.
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