Security Council resolution 2472 (2019) [on authorization to the Member States of the African Union to maintain the deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) until 31 May 2020]
Symbol: S/RES/2472 (2019)
Date: 2019-05-31
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/74 [84] SOMALIA SITUATION
S/ X The situation in Somalia.
Subjects: African Union Mission in Somalia|UN. Support Office in Somalia|UN Assistance Mission in Somalia|Al-Shabaab (Organization)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|SUPPORT SERVICES|INTERNAL SECURITY|HUMAN RIGHTS|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|SOMALIA|SOMALIA SITUATION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CÔTE D'IVOIRE
vote: yes
country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
vote: yes
country: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: KUWAIT
vote: yes
country: PERU
vote: yes
country: POLAND
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/2472 (2019)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               31 May 2019




               Resolution 2472 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8537th meeting,
               on 31 May 2019

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling all its previous resolutions and statements of its President on the
               situation in Somalia,
                    Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political
               independence, and unity of Somalia,
                     Condemning violations and abuses of international human rights law and
               violations of international humanitarian law in Somalia, calling on all parties to act
               in full compliance with international human rights law and international humanitarian
               law, and further recalling the Working Group Conclusions on Children and Armed
               Conflict in Somalia (S/AC.51/2017/2),
                    Condemning Al Shabaab attacks in Somalia and beyond, expressing deep
               concern at the loss of civilian life from Al Shabaab attacks, and further expressing
               concern over reports of an increased presence in Somalia of pro-Islamic State in Iraq
               and the Levant actors,
                    Paying tribute to the bravery and sacrifices made by the African Union Mission
               in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali security forces personnel in the fight against Al
               Shabaab, and commending the contribution of AMISOM to lasting peace and stability
               in Somalia,
                     Welcoming the support provided by the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS)
               to AMISOM and the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), further
               welcoming political support provided by UNSOM, AMISOM and the AU, and the
               political and financial support from international partners, welcoming the
               commitment by Somalia and the UN to strengthen their relationship and in this regard
               looks forward to the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
               Somalia, taking up their duties,
                     Underlining the importance of finalising an inclusive political settlement
               between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Federal Member States
               (FMS) and recalling the importance of the full implementation of the conditionsbased Transition Plan with clear target dates (Transition Plan) which sets out the
               progressive transfer of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali Security
               institutions and forces,




19-08938 (E)
*1908938*

S/RES/2472 (2019)

                   Expressing grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Somalia, and
               commending AMISOM’s efforts to create conditions conducive to the delivery of
               humanitarian assistance,
                     Emphasising the need for adequate risk assessment and risk management
               strategies by the FGS and the UN, of climate change, other ecological changes,
               natural disasters, energy access, and other factors on the stability of Somalia,
                    Taking note of the 2019 Joint AU-UN Review of AMISOM, the African Union
               Peace and Security Council’s communiqué of 9 May 2019 on the situation in Somalia,
               and the Secretary-General’s letter of 10 May on AMISOM,
                     Determining that the situation in Somalia continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                     1.   Calls on the FGS and FMS urgently to accelerate progress towards an
               inclusive political settlement, that includes: 1) their agreement on resource and power
               sharing to be enshrined in the revision of the Provisional Federal Constitution 2) the
               establishment of governance and oversight structures, and 3) the delineation of roles
               and responsibilities of Somalia’s security institutions; and further calls on the FGS
               and FMS to accelerate security planning for elections, in coordination with AMISOM,
               UNSOS, and UNSOM, including to allow an inclusive, peaceful, free and fair one -
               person-one-vote in 2020/2021;
                    2.   Underlines that the threat of Al Shabaab and other armed opposition
               groups will not be defeated by military means alone and in this regard, calls on the
               FGS, FMS, AMISOM, the UN and UN Member states to work together to take a
               comprehensive approach to security;
                     3.    Recalls its support for the Transition Plan, and underscores the
               recommendation in the Joint Review 2019 that AMISOM’s strategic tasks and
               priorities be seen primarily in the context of the transition;
                   4.    Underlines the necessity of taking a coordinated and cohesive approach to
               Somali-led political and security reforms and thereby calls on:
                    (a) AMISOM, UNSOM, UNSOS, the FGS and FMS to increase coordination
               and collaboration at all levels, including through the Senior Leadership Coordination
               Forum and the Comprehensive Approach to Security (CAS) mechanism;
                     (b) International and regional partners, in coordination with UNSOM and
               through the CAS mechanism, to coordinate and better align their support to AMISOM
               and Somalia in line with the Security Pact and to enable delivery of the Transi tion
               Plan, including with respect to mentoring, training, equipment, capacity building, and
               remuneration of police and military forces;
                     (c) The FGS, FMS, AMISOM, the UN, the AU and relevant partners, to
               increase comprehensive joint planning, coordination and information sharing through
               the relevant mechanisms, to enable more effective delivery and monitoring of the
               Transition Plan;
                     5.    Underscores the need for all stakeholders to take into account the security
               situation in each location when transitioning, and for locations of drawdowns of
               AMISOM personnel to be determined by threat assessments and with due regard to
               the need to protect civilians and mitigate risk before, during and after any military
               operation, underlines that all transitions should be agreed between AMISOM and the
               Somali security forces and Somali authorities included in strategic and operational
               decision making processes and with the UN and other international partners where


2/7                                                                                                      19-08938

                                                                                                  S/RES/2472 (2019)

           appropriate, and reaffirms the essential role of the police and justice sector in
           stabilisation efforts and the preparation and conduct of elections;
                 6.    Urges the FGS, with the coordinated support of the international
           community, to focus on the generation of able, accountable, acceptable and affordable
           Somali forces which will allow the progressive transfer of security responsibilities
           from AMISOM to the Somali security institutions and create critical security for
           elections in 2020/2021;


           AMISOM

           Priorities and tasks
                 7.    Decides to authorise the Member States of the AU to maintain the
           deployment of AMISOM until 31 May 2020, including a minimum of 1,040 AMISOM
           police personnel including five Formed Police Units, and to reduce the level of
           uniformed AMISOM personnel by 1000 to a maximum level of 19,626, by
           28 February 2020, in line with the Transition Plan, and the handover to Somali
           security forces, unless the Security Council decides to adjust the pace of the reduction
           taking into account conditions set out in the Transition Plan, including the ability of
           Somalia to generate able, accountable, acceptable and affordable forces, as well as
           joint AU/UN/FGS threat assessments of the conditions on the ground, in coordination
           with relevant partners, and invites the UN and AU to develop proposals, based on
           FGS plans, for handling security aspects of the next elections, including whether there
           is a need for a temporary surge in police numbers;
                 8.    Further decides that AMISOM shall be authorised to take all necessary
           measures, in full compliance with participating States’ obligations under international
           law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, and
           in full respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and
           unity of Somalia, to carry out its mandate;
                 9.    Decides to authorise AMISOM to pursue the following strategic objectives
           within the context of the transition to Somalia taking responsibility for security, as
           set out in the Transition Plan:
                (a) Conduct a gradual handing over of security responsibilities from
           AMISOM to the Somali security forces with the aim of Somali security institutions
           taking the lead by 2021;
                (b) Reduce the threat posed by Al Shabaab and other armed opposition groups
           with a view to enabling a stable, federal, sovereign and united Somalia;
                (c) Assist the Somali security forces to provide security for the political
           process at all levels, stabilisation efforts, reconciliation, and peacebuilding and
           provide relevant support to Somali police and authorities to create a secure
           environment in the build up to elections with the aim of fully handing over security
           responsibility to Somali security institutions;
                10. Decides to authorise AMISOM to carry out the following priority tasks to
           achieve these objectives:
                 (a) Maintain a presence in the sectors set out in AMISOM’s Concept of
           Operations, prioritising the main population centres, and reconfiguring within the
           timeline and guidelines of this resolution;
               (b) Mentor and assist Somali security forces, including combat readiness
           mentoring for Somali military forces, and mentoring and training where necessary for
           Somali police;

19-08938                                                                                                        3/7

S/RES/2472 (2019)

                     (c) Secure key supply routes including to areas recovered from Al Shabaab,
               in coordination with stabilisation and reconciliation actors, in particular supply routes
               essential to improving the humanitarian situation, which may include commercial
               goods essential to meeting the basic needs of civilians, those critical for logistical
               support to AMISOM, and key supply routes supporting delivery of the Transition
               Plan, and underscoring that the delivery of logistics remains a joint responsibility
               between the United Nations and AU;
                     (d) Assist, as appropriate, the Somali security forces to enable the Somali
               authorities to carry out their functions of government, including their efforts towards,
               stabilisation coordinated with the Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and
               Reconciliation (MoIFAR) and Community Recovery and Extension of State Authority
               and Accountability (CRESTA/A), reconciliation, peacebuilding, election preparation
               and security for key infrastructure;
                    (e) Conduct targeted offensive operations that support the Transition Plan,
               including jointly with the Somali security forces, to disrupt and degrade Al Shabaab
               and other armed opposition groups, and take actions to mitigate the threat posed by
               improvised explosive devices;
                    (f) Reconfigure AMISOM, as security conditions allow, in support of the
               Transition Plan and in favour of police personnel within the authorised AMISOM
               personnel ceiling;
                     (g) Protect, as appropriate, its personnel, facilities, installations, equipment
               and mission, and to ensure the security and freedom of movement of its personnel, as
               well as of United Nations personnel carrying out functions mandated by the Secu rity
               Council;
                     (h) Receive defectors on a transitory basis, as appropriate, and in coordination
               with the United Nations and the FGS;
                    (i) Support and assist the FGS and FMSs in implementing the total ban on the
               export of charcoal from Somalia and the documentation and facilitation of the
               inspection of seized equipment as requested in paragraph 18 of resolution 2111 (2013)
               and paragraph 6 of resolution 2182 (2014);
                     11. Requests the African Union (AU), by November 2019, to update and
               continue to develop the CONOPS throughout the transition, in close collaboration
               with the FGS, the UN and key partners;
                     12. Requests the AU to strengthen operational coordination among AMISOM
               contingents, strengthen command, control and accountability of the
               operationalisation of mission enabling units, including air assets, increase operational
               decision making under both the Sector and Force Commander, and ensure that all
               force enablers and multipliers operate under the command of the Force Commander;
                     13. Supports the recommendation in the Joint Review (2019) for AMISOM to
               undertake a phased approach towards achieving equipment optimisation within
               available resources, and in this regard supports the intention by the AU and the UN
               to conduct an equipment review by July 2019, taking into consideration Statement of
               Unit requirements (SURs), and within existing resources, with a view to strengthen
               AMISOM’s operational capabilities and enhance its force protection to carry out their
               mandated tasks, and encourages Member States to support the AU in mobilising the
               required resources and equipment, including through uncaveated financial
               contributions to the AMISOM Trust Fund;
                    14. Supports the efforts to deploy AMISOM’s civilians out to the sectors and
               underlines the importance of a fully operational civilian component to support
               AMISOM’s military and police tasks for transition and drawdown;

4/7                                                                                                        19-08938

                                                                                                   S/RES/2472 (2019)

                 15. Underlines the continued importance of AMISOM forces carrying out
           their mandate in full compliance with participating states’ obligations under
           international law, including with regard to the protection of civilians, especially
           women and children, and of cooperating with UNSOM and UNSOS in implementing
           the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy on United Nations support to Non -United
           Nations security forces (HRDDP) across the preparatory, conduct and review phases
           of operations; calls upon AMISOM to undertaken and upon the AU to ensure
           monitoring of prompt and thorough investigations into and reporting on allegations
           of violations and abuses of international human rights and violations of international
           humanitarian law, as well as ensuring the highest standards of transparency and
           conduct and discipline, and harmonisation of their procedures with UNSOM,
           including Boards of Inquiry, and urges troop- and police-contributing countries to
           accelerate efforts to cooperate with the AU and UN to enhance the effectiveness of
           these measures;
                16. Requests AMISOM to strengthen uniformity of reporting to the Civilian
           Casualty Tracking Analysis and Response Cell (CCTARC) across all of the sectors,
           and take further steps to ensure mitigation measures are in place, underlines the
           importance of ensuring information is shared with relevant actors including the
           United Nations, is integrated into AMISOM reporting, and feeds into operational
           guidelines and plans, and requests the full support of troop and police contributors to
           the CCTARC, in collaboration with humanitarian, human rights and protection actors;
                 17. Reaffirms the importance of AMISOM’s zero-tolerance policy on Sexual
           Exploitation and Abuse, and in this regard, requests the AU and troop- and policecontributing countries to screen personnel, undertake risk assessments, deliver all
           relevant training to personnel, to protect survivors who report abuse, carry out timely
           investigations into allegations to hold perpetrators accountable, and to repatriate units
           where there is credible evidence of widespread or systemic sexual exploitation or
           abuse by those units, and further requests the AU to work closely with the UN in this
           regard;
                 18. Strongly encourages efforts to increase the percentage of female
           uniformed personnel deployed to AMISOM by the Troop and Police Contributing
           Countries, and urges AMISOM to ensure the full, effective and meaningful
           participation of women across its operations and to integrate a gender perspective
           throughout the delivery of its mandate;

           Logistical and Financial Support
                19. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide a logistical support
           package in full compliance of HRDDP, through UNSOS for UNSOM, AMISOM
           uniformed personnel and 70 AMISOM civilians, on the basis set out in operative
           paragraph 2 of resolution 2245 (2015), and for 10,900 Somali security forces, who
           are formally integrated into the Somali security forces in line with the National
           Security Architecture and who are actively participating in joint or coordinated
           operations with AMISOM that directly support the Transition Plan;
                 20. Agrees with the Secretary-General that oversight and accountability, in
           particular compliance with HRDDP will be the cornerstone of the partnership between
           the United Nations, the AU, the FGS and the FMSs, requests the Secretary-General
           to ensure that any support provided to non-United Nations security forces is provided
           in strict compliance with the HRDDP and further requests UNSOS to strengthen its
           capacity to ensure the implementation of the HRDDP with regard to its support for
           AMISOM and Somali security forces;
                21. Requests the Secretary-General to work closely with the AU in supporting
           the implementation of this resolution, including to provide technical and expert

19-08938                                                                                                         5/7

S/RES/2472 (2019)

               advice on the planning, deployment and strategic management of AMISOM in line
               with the mandate of the United Nations office to the AU;
                    22.   Reiterates its call for new donors to provide support for:
                    (a) AMISOM through the provision of additional funding for troop stipends,
               equipment, and technical assistance for AMISOM, as recommended in the AU/UN
               funding report;
                   (b)    United Nations Trust Funds for AMISOM and the Somali National Army
               (SNA);
                     (c) National and state-level institutions for the development of the Somali
               security sector, including capacity building for the maritime police force in line with
               resolution 2246 (2015);
                     23. Underlines the need to enhance the predictability, sustainability and
               flexibility of financing for AU-led peace support operations authorised by the
               Security Council and under the Security Council’s authority consistent with
               Chapter VIII of the Charter, and encourages the Secretary-General, AU and Member
               States to continue efforts to explore in earnest funding arrangements for AMISOM,
               bearing in mind the full range of options available to the United Nations, AU, the
               European Union, and to other partners, and considering the limitations of voluntary
               funding, in order to establish secure future funding arrangements for AMISOM;

               Somalia
                     24. Urges the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States
               to deliver on commitments set out in the Security Pact agreed at the London Somalia
               Conference, including trimestial meetings of the National Security Council, a plan
               detailing federal and state operational command structure, a comprehensive
               disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration plan, with input from the FMS; the
               generation and sustained deployment of able affordable, acceptable and accountable
               forces, and a list of the members of the armed forces at the federal and state level,
               including those regional forces to be integrated in the federal armed forces; and into
               the federal and state police;
                     25. Underlines the important steps taken by the FGS towards institution
               reform and capacity-building in the security sector, including bio-metric registration
               of the SNA, payment of salaries through direct electronic transfers and agreements
               reached by the FGS and FMSs to establish basic policing services across Somalia, as
               part of the new federated policing model;
                     26. Calls upon Somali authorities, in coordination with AMISOM,
               international partners, and relevant United Nations entities, including UNMAS, to
               address the illicit transfer, destabilising accumulation, and misuse of small arms and
               light weapons in Somalia, and to ensure their safe and effective management and
               storage;
                     27. Reaffirms the important role of the full, equal, meaningful and effective
               participation of all Somalis, including women, youth, persons with disabilities,
               Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees in the prevention and resolution of
               conflicts, reconciliation processes, peacebuilding and elections and other political
               processes, and acknowledges the significant contribution that civil society can make
               in this regard;
                     28. Calls on Somali authorities to work with relevant partners to ensure
               protection for all from sexual and gender-based violence, including sexual
               exploitation and abuse and conflict-related sexual violence, to take appropriate steps
               to investigate allegations, strengthen legislation to support accountability for sexual

6/7                                                                                                      19-08938

                                                                                                 S/RES/2472 (2019)

           violence in line with relevant resolutions, and to accelerate the implementation of the
           Joint Communiqué and the National Action Plan to combat sexual violence in
           conflict;
                 29. Calls on the Somali authorities to take action on preventing the killing and
           maiming, abduction, the recruitment, re-recruitment and use of, sexual violence
           against children in armed conflict, and to hold perpetrators to account, as well as to
           cease detention of all children on national security charges where this is in violation
           of applicable international law and to treat them primarily as victims, and to take
           action to implement their 2012 Action Plans, the 2018 Roadmap and the Working
           Group Conclusions on Children and Armed Conflict in Somalia (S/AC.51/2017/2);
                 30. Reiterates its continued concern at the high number of refugees and IDPs,
           stresses that any evictions should be consistent with relevant national and
           international frameworks, and encourages the FGS to conclude ratification of the
           Kampala Convention and implement its provisions in full;
                31. Recalls its resolution 2417 (2018) and expresses grave concern at the
           ongoing humanitarian crisis in Somalia and its impact on the people of Somalia,
           encourages all partners including donors to maintain humanitarian efforts in 2019,
           strongly condemns attacks against humanitarian and medical personnel, including by
           Al Shabaab, and any misuse or obstruction of humanitarian assistance, reiterates its
           demand that all parties allow full, safe, rapid and unhindered access for the timely
           delivery of aid to persons in need across Somalia in line with humanitarian principles,
           and underlines the importance of proper accounting of international humanitarian
           support;

           Reporting
                32. Requests the AU to keep the Security Council informed every 90 days,
           through the Secretary-General, on the implementation of AMISOM’s mandate,
           through no fewer than four written reports, with the first written report no later than
           15 August 2019, and further requests in this regard, specific reporting on 1) joint
           operations in support of the Transition Plan including the use and effectiveness of
           coordination mechanisms, 2) performance issues, including command and control and
           conduct and discipline, 3) measures taken to protect civilians, 4) equipment provision,
           and 5) a reconfiguration plan on locations for drawdown determined by a threat
           assessment of AMISOM in the first 90 day report;
                 33. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council regularly
           informed on the implementation of this resolution, in his regular reports requested in
           paragraph 22 of resolution 2461 (2019), and in this regard further requests reporting
           on the number and capability of the Somali security forces, progress made on priority
           measures outlined in OP24, implementation of HRDDP, and reporting, every 6
           months on specific measures taken to increase the accountability, efficiency and
           transparency of UNSOS support to AMISOM, UNSOM and the Somali Security
           forces;
                 34. Reaffirms the Security Council’s intention to keep the configuration of
           AMISOM under review and calls upon the Secretary-General to conduct an
           independent assessment, before 31 January 2021, with a view to presenting opt ions
           to the Security Council on international engagement in Somalia post 2021, including
           the role of the UN, AU and international partners;
                35.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




19-08938                                                                                                       7/7