UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate of UNSOM for another year, until October 31, 2024.
The 15-member council unanimously adopted Resolution 2705, which requests UNSOM to continue to maintain and strengthen its presence across Somalia in consultation with the federal government of Somalia and Somalia’s federal member states, as well as to strengthen its cooperation with Somalia and the African Union.
It encourages UNSOM to continue coordinating UN efforts and to maximize joint approaches and joint programming in relevant areas to support Somalia’s state-building and peacebuilding.
It reaffirms and calls for the timely implementation of the recommendations of the UNSOM strategic review, including developing a roadmap for the eventual transition from UNSOM to the UN Country Team, finalizing UNSOM staffing and configuration review, and reaching a common understanding of a possible end state of the mission.
The Security Council established UNSOM in June 2013 to support state building and peacekeeping in Somalia.
The United Nations has been engaged with Somalia since 1991 to support its government and people to advance peace and security.
In 2012, following an extended transition period, the Provisional Federal Constitution of Somalia was agreed upon through a broad-based consultation process, and a new Federal Parliament and Government were selected with a pledge to deliver political transformation to the country and realize the vision of a peaceful, federal Somalia. This saw the election of current president ‘Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected as first Federal Government President.
These efforts to achieve peace, reconciliation and stability are led and coordinated by the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), a DPPA special political mission established in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in June 2013.
