Security Council resolution 751 (1992) [on establishment of a UN Operation in Somalia]
Symbol: S/RES/751(1992)
Date: 1992-04-24
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/47 [73] SOMALIA SITUATION
S/47 [69] UN OPERATION IN SOMALIA
Subjects: UN OPERATION IN SOMALIA > ESTABLISHMENT.|UN. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia|UN. SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 751 (1992) CONCERNING SOMALIA > ESTABLISHMENT.|UN. SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 751 (1992) CONCERNING SOMALIA > TERMS OF REFERENCE.|Conference on National Reconciliation and Unity in Somalia (Proposed)|100-Day Action Programme for Accelerated Humanitarian Assistance for Somalia (1992)|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|CEASEFIRES|SPECIAL MISSIONS|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|ARMS EMBARGO|SOMALIA|ESTABLISHMENT|APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS|COOPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS|CONFERENCES|TERMS OF REFERENCE|SECURITY AND SAFETY STAFF|SOMALIA SITUATION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes
country: ZIMBABWE
vote: yes

Resolution 751 (1992)
of 24 April 1992

The Security Council,

Considering the request by Somalia for the Security Council
to consider the situation in Somalia, 174

Reaffirming its resolutions 733 (1992) of 23 January 1992
and 746 (1992) of 17 March 1992,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of
21 and 24 April 1992 on the situation in Somalia, 184

Taking note of the signing of the cease-fire agreements in
Mogadishu on 3 March 1992, 183 including agreements for the
implementation of measures aimed at stabilizing the cease-fire
through a United Nations monitoring mission,

Taking note also of the signing of letters of agreement in
Mogadishu, Hargeisa and Kismayo on the mechanism for
monitoring the cease-fire and arrangements for the equitable
and effective distribution of humanitarian assistance in and
around Mogadishu, 185

Deeply disturbed by the magnitude of the human suffering
caused by the conflict and concerned that the continuation of
the situation in Somalia constitutes a threat to international
peace and security,

Cognizant of the importance of cooperation between the
United Nations and regional organizations in the context of
Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations,

Underlining the importance which it attaches to the
international, regional and non-governmental organizations,
including the International Committee of the Red Cross,
continuing to provide humanitarian and other relief assistance
to the people of Somalia under difficult circumstances,

Expressing its appreciation to the regional organizations,
including the Organization of African Unity. the League of
Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference,
for their cooperation with the United Nations in the effort to
resolve the Somali problem,

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the
Secretary-General of 21 and 24 April 1992 on the situation in
Somalia; 184
2. Decides to establish under its authority, and in support
of the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph 7 below,
a United Nations Operation in Somalia;

3. Requests the Secretary-General immediately to deploy
a unit of fifty United Nations observers to monitor the cease-fire in Mogadishu in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 26 of
the Secretary-General’s report;

4. Agrees, in principle, also to establish under the overall
direction of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
a United Nations security force to be deployed as soon as
possible to perform the functions described in paragraphs 27 to
29 of the report of the Secretary-General;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his
consultations with the parties in Mogadishu regarding the
proposed United Nations security force and, in the light of
those consultations, to submit his further recommendations to
the Security Council for its decision as soon as possible;

6. Welcomes the intention expressed by the Secretary-General in paragraph 64 of his report to appoint a Special
Representative for Somalia to provide overall direction of
United Nations activities in Somalia and to assist him in his
endeavours to reach a peaceful resolution of the conflict in
Somalia;

7. Also requests the Secretary-General as part of his
continuing mission in Somalia to facilitate an immediate and
effective cessation of hostilities and the maintenance of a cease-fire throughout the country in order to promote the process of
reconciliation and political settlement in Somalia and to provide
urgent humanitarian assistance;

8. Welcomes the cooperation between the United Nations
and the League of Arab States, the Organization of African
Unity and the Organization of the Islamic Conference in
resolving the problem in Somalia;

9. Calls upon all parties, movements and factions in
Somalia immediately to cease hostilities and to maintain a
cease-fire throughout the country in order to promote the
process of reconciliation and political settlement in Somalia;

10. Requests the Secretary-General to continue asa matter
of priority his consultations with all Somali parties, movements
and factions towards the convening of a conference on national
reconciliation and unity in Somalia in close cooperation with
the League of Arab States, the Organization of African Unity
and the Organization of the Islamic Conference;

11. Decides to establish, in accordance with rule 28 of the
provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, a
Committee of the Security Council consisting of all the members of the Council, to undertake the following tasks and to
report on its work to the Council with its observations and
recommendations:

(a) To seek from all States information regarding the
action taken by them concerning the effective implementation
of the general and complete embargo on all deliveries of
weapons and military equipment to Somalia imposed by
paragraph 5 of resolution 733 (1992);

(b) To consider any information brought to its attention
by States concerning violations of the embargo, and in that
context to make recommendations to the Council on ways of
increasing the effectiveness of the embargo;

(c) To recommend appropriate measures in response to
violations of the embargo and to provide information on a
regular basis to the Secretary-General for general distribution
to Member States;

12. Notes with appreciation the ongoing efforts of the
United Nations, its specialized agencies and humanitarian
organizations to ensure delivery of humanitarian assistance to
Somalia, particularly to Mogadishu;

13. Calls upon the international community to support,
with financial and other resources, the implementation of the
ninety-day Plan of Action for Emergency Humanitarian
Assistance to Somalia;

14. Urges all parties concerned in Somalia to facilitate the
efforts of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and
humanitarian organizations to provide urgent humanitarian
assistance to the affected population in Somalia and reiterates
its call for the full respect for the security and safety of the
personnel of the humanitarian organizations and the guarantee
of their complete freedom of movement in and around Mogadishu and other parts of Somalia;

15. Calls upon all Somali parties, movements and factions
to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General in the implementation of the present resolution;

16. Decides to remain seized of the matter until a peaceful
solution is achieved.

Adopted unanimously at the 3069th
meeting.