7700th Security Council Meeting: Situation in Somalia

Security Council extends authorization for African Union Mission in Somalia, unanimously adopting Resolution 2289 (2016), at 7700th meeting.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:02:17
• Production Date: 27 May 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA – AMISOM
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: 1631824
• Parent Id: 1631261

Description

The Security Council extended its authorization for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) until 8 July 2016 today, requesting that the Secretary-General maintain logistical support for it until that date.

Unanimously adopting resolution 2289 (2016), the Council said it had decided on a brief extension of the Mission’s authorization, which would otherwise have expired on 31 May, in order to allow time for consideration of the outcomes of the 19 May Council visit to Somalia.

By terms of the text, the Council authorized member States of the African Union to maintain the deployment of AMISOM as set out in paragraph 1 of resolution 2093 (2013), with a maximum level of 22,126 uniformed personnel.

The meeting began at 3:05 p.m. and ended at 3:08 p.m.