Security Council resolution 2111 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea until 25 Nov. 2014]
Symbol: S/RES/2111 (2013)
Date: 2013-07-24
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/68 [84] SOMALIA SITUATION
Subjects: UN. Monitoring Group Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1519 (2003) and 1907 (2009)|African Union Mission in Somalia|Man-portable Air Defence Systems|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|INTERNAL SECURITY|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT|ARMS EMBARGO|SANCTIONS|SOMALIA|ERITREA|CHARCOAL
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ARGENTINA
vote: yes
country: AUSTRALIA
vote: yes
country: AZERBAIJAN
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GUATEMALA
vote: yes
country: LUXEMBOURG
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: yes
country: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: RWANDA
vote: yes
country: TOGO
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

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                Security Council                                              Distr.: General
                                                                              24 July 2013




                Resolution 2111 (2013)
                Adopted by the Security Council at its 7009th meeting, on
                24 July 2013

                     The Security Council,
                     Reaffirming its previous resolutions and statements of its President concerning
                the situation in Somalia and Eritrea, in particular resolutions 733 (1992), 1844
                (2008), 1907 (2009), 2036 (2012), 2060 (2012) and 2093 (2013),
                     Taking note of the final reports of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group
                (the Monitoring Group) on Somalia (S/2013/413) and Eritrea,
                     Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political
                independence and unity of Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea respectively,
                      Expressing concern at the continued violation of the charcoal ban, and
                expressing particular concern over the situation in Kismayo and the impact of these
                violations on the deteriorating security situation in the Juba regions,
                    Condemning flows of weapons and ammunition supplies to and through
                Somalia and Eritrea in violation of the arms embargo on Somalia and the arms
                embargo on Eritrea, as a serious threat to peace and stability in the region,
                      Expressing concern at the reports of violations of human rights, including
                extrajudicial killings, violence against women, children and journalists, arbitrary
                detention and pervasive sexual violence in Somalia, including in camps for
                internally displaced persons, and underscoring the need to end impunity, uphold
                human rights and to hold accountable those who commit such crimes,
                     Underlining the importance of the Federal Government of Somalia and donors
                being mutually accountable and transparent in the allocation of financial resources,
                      Recognizing the significant progress in Somalia over the past year,
                commending the Federal Government of Somalia for its efforts to bring peace and
                stability to Somalia, and encouraging it to set out and define a clear political
                process towards implementing a federal structure, in line with the provisional
                constitution of Somalia,



            * Reissued for technical reasons on 1 August 2013.


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                     Encouraging the engagement of the Federal Government of Somalia in
               identifying for listing individuals and entities engaging in acts that threaten the
               peace, security and stability of Somalia, as well as other listing criteria,
                    Welcoming the intention of the Monitoring Group to continue building a
               productive relationship with the Federal Government of Somalia,
                    Expressing concern at the level of information sharing between humanitarian
               agencies and the Monitoring Group, and urging enhanced information sharing and
               dialogue between the Monitoring Group and relevant humanitarian agencies,
                    Expressing its desire to consolidate and affirm current exemptions to the arms
               embargo on Somalia and Eritrea in order to facilitate its implementation as well as
               to add new exemptions in operative paragraph 10 of this resolution,
                    Looking forward to the EU-Somalia Conference in Brussels on 16 September,
               and in that context urging the international community to work together to ensure
               Somali government priorities are effectively supported,
                    Underlining the importance of international support to the Federal
               Government of Somalia in fulfilling its commitments under the terms of the
               suspension of the arms embargo,
                     Welcoming the efforts made by the Secretariat to expand and improve the
               roster of experts for the Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch, bearing in
               mind the guidance provided by the Note of the President S/2006/997,
                    Recalling the Informal Working Group on General Issues of Sanctions report
               (S/2006/997) on best practices and methods, including paragraphs 21, 22 and 23 that
               discuss possible steps for clarifying methodological standards for monitoring
               mechanisms,
                     Determining that the situation in Somalia, Eritrea’s influence in Somalia, as
               well as the dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea, continue to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                     1.   Recalls resolution 1844 (2008) which imposed targeted sanctions and
               resolutions 2002 (2011) and 2093 (2013) which expanded the listing criteria, and
               notes one of the listing criteria under resolution 1844 (2008) is engaging in acts that
               threaten the peace, security and stability of Somalia;
                    2.     Reiterates its willingness to adopt targeted measures against individuals
               and entities on the basis of the above mentioned criteria;
                   3.     Reiterates that obstructing the investigations or work of the Monitoring
               Group is a criterion for listing under paragraph 15 (e) of resolution 1907 (2009);

               Arms embargo
                     4.   Reaffirms the arms embargo on Somalia, imposed by paragraph 5 of
               resolution 733 (1992) and further elaborated upon in paragraphs 1 and 2 of
               resolution 1425 (2002) and modified by paragraphs 33 to 38 of resolution 2093
               (2013) (hereafter referred to as “the arms embargo on Somalia”);




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                 5.   Further reaffirms the arms embargo on Eritrea imposed by paragraphs 5
           and 6 of resolution 1907 (2009) (hereafter referred to as “the arms embargo on
           Eritrea”);
                 6.   Decides that until 6 March 2014 the arms embargo on Somalia shall not
           apply to deliveries of weapons or military equipment or the provision of advice,
           assistance or training, intended solely for the development of the Security Forces of
           the Federal Government of Somalia, to provide security for the Somali people,
           except in relation to deliveries of the items set out in the annex to this resolution;
                7.   Decides that supplies of items in the annex to this resolution to the
           Federal Government of Somalia by Member States or international, regional, and
           subregional organizations require an advance approval by the committee on a caseby-case basis;
                 8.    Decides that weapons or military equipment sold or supplied solely for
           the development of the Security Forces of the Federal Government of Somalia may
           not be resold to, transferred to, or made available for use by, any individual or entity
           not in the service of the Security Forces of the Federal Government of Somalia;
                 9.   Reminds the Federal Government of Somalia of its obligations to report
           to the Security Council no later than 6 October 2013, following that by 6 February
           2014, and every six months thereafter, on:
               (a) The structure of the Security Forces of the Federal Government of
           Somalia;
                (b) The infrastructure in place to ensure the safe storage, registration,
           maintenance and distribution of military equipment by the Security Forces of the
           Federal Government of Somalia;
                 (c) The procedures and codes of conduct in place for the registration,
           distribution, use and storage of weapons by the Security Forces of the Federal
           Government of Somalia, and on training needs in this regard;
                10.   Decides that the arms embargo on Somalia shall not apply to:
                (a) Supplies of weapons or military equipment or the provision of assistance,
           intended solely for the support of or use by United Nations personnel, including the
           United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM);
                 (b) Supplies of weapons and military equipment, technical training and
           assistance intended solely for the support of or use by the African Union Mission in
           Somalia (AMISOM);
                (c) Supplies of weapons or military equipment or the provision of assistance
           intended solely for the support of, or use by, AMISOM’s strategic partners,
           operating solely under the African Union Strategic Concept of 5 January 2012 (or
           subsequent AU strategic concepts), and in cooperation and coordination with
           AMISOM;
                 (d) Supplies of weapons and military equipment, technical training and
           assistance intended solely for the support of or use by the European Union Training
           Mission (EUTM) in Somalia;
              (e) Supplies of weapons and military equipment destined for the sole use of
           Member States or international, regional and subregional organizations undertaking


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               measures to suppress acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of
               Somalia, upon the request of the Federal Government of Somalia for which it has
               notified the Secretary-General, and provided that any measures undertaken shall be
               consistent with applicable international humanitarian and human rights law;
                    (f) Supplies of protective clothing, including flak jackets and military
               helmets, temporarily exported to Somalia by United Nations personnel,
               representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and
               associated personnel for their personal use only;
                    (g) Supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for
               humanitarian or protective use, notified to the Committee five days in advance and
               for its information only, by the supplying State, international, regional or
               subregional organization;
                    11.   Further decides that the arms embargo on Somalia shall not apply to:
                     (a) Supplies of weapons or military equipment and technical assistance or
               training by Member States or international, regional and subregional organizations
               intended solely for the purposes of helping develop Somali security sector
               institutions, in the absence of a negative decision by the Committee within five
               working days of receiving a notification of any such assistance from the supplying
               State, international, regional or subregional organization;
                    12. Decides that the arms embargo on Eritrea shall not apply to supplies of
               non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, as
               approved on case-by-case basis in advance by the Committee;
                     13. Decides that the arms embargo on Eritrea shall not apply to protective
               clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Eritrea
               by United Nations personnel, representatives of the media and humanitarian and
               development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only;

               Notification to the Committee
                     14. Decides that the Federal Government of Somalia has the primary
               responsibility to notify the Committee, for its information at least five days in
               advance, of any deliveries of weapons or military equipment or the provision of
               assistance intended solely for the Security Forces of the Federal Government of
               Somalia, as permitted in paragraph 6 of this resolution and excluding the items
               listed in the Annex to this resolution;
                     15. Further decides that the Member State or international, regional and
               subregional organization delivering assistance may, in the alternative, make this
               notification in consultation with the Federal Government of Somalia;
                     16. Stresses the importance that notifications submitted to the Committee in
               accordance with paragraphs 14 and 15 above, contain all relevant information,
               including where applicable, the type and quantity of weapons, ammunitions,
               military equipment and materiel to be delivered, the proposed date and the specific
               place of delivery in Somalia;
                    17. Calls on the Federal Government of Somalia to fulfil its obligations
               under the terms of the suspension of the arms embargo, in particular the notification
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           Charcoal ban
                 18. Reiterates that the Somali authorities shall take the necessary measures
           to prevent the export of charcoal from Somalia and requests that AMISOM support
           and assist the Somali authorities in doing so, as part of AMISOM’s implementation
           of its mandate set out in paragraph 1 of resolution 2093, and reiterates that all
           Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect
           import of charcoal from Somalia, whether or not such charcoal originated in
           Somalia;
                 19. Expresses its deep concern at reports of continuing violations of the
           charcoal ban by Member States, requests further detailed information from the
           Monitoring Group on possible environmentally sound destruction of Somali
           charcoal, reiterates its support for the President of Somalia’s task-force on charcoal
           issues, and underscores its willingness to take action against those who violate the
           charcoal ban;
                 20. Reminds all Member States, including police and troop contributing
           contingents to AMISOM, of their obligations to abide by the charcoal ban, as set out
           in resolution 2036 (2012);

           Humanitarian issues
                 21. Underscores the importance of humanitarian aid operations, condemns
           any politicization of humanitarian assistance, or misuse or misappropriation, and
           calls upon Member States and the United Nations to take all feasible steps to
           mitigate these aforementioned practices in Somalia;
                 22. Decides that until 25 October 2014 and without prejudice to
           humanitarian assistance programmes conducted elsewhere, the measures imposed by
           paragraph 3 of resolution 1844 (2008) shall not apply to the payment of funds, other
           financial assets or economic resources necessary to ensure the timely delivery of
           urgently needed humanitarian assistance in Somalia, by the United Nations, its
           specialized agencies or programmes, humanitarian organizations having observer
           status with the United Nations General Assembly that provide humanitarian
           assistance, and their implementing partners including bilaterally or multilaterally
           funded NGOs participating in the United Nations Consolidated Appeal for Somalia;
                 23. Requests the Emergency Relief Coordinator to report to the Security
           Council by 20 March 2014 and again by 20 September 2014 on the delivery of
           humanitarian assistance in Somalia and on any impediments to the delivery of
           humanitarian assistance in Somalia, and requests relevant United Nations agencies
           and humanitarian organizations having observer status with the United Nations
           General Assembly and their implementing partners that provide humanitarian
           assistance in Somalia to increase their cooperation and willingness to share
           information with the United Nations Humanitarian Aid Coordinator for Somalia in
           the preparation of such reports and in the interests of increasing transparency and
           accountability;
                24. Requests enhanced cooperation, coordination and information sharing
           between the Monitoring Group and the humanitarian organizations operating in
           Somalia and neighbouring countries;




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               Public financial management
                     25. Takes note of the President of Somalia’s commitment to improve public
               financial management, expresses its serious concern at reports of misappropriation
               of Somalia’s public resources, underlines the importance of transparent and
               effective management of public finances, encourages more robust efforts across the
               Federal Government of Somalia to address corruption and hold perpetrators
               accountable, improve public financial management and accountability, and
               reiterates its willingness to take action against individuals involved in the
               misappropriation of public resources;

               Petroleum sector
                     26. Encourages the Federal Government of Somalia, to mitigate properly
               against the risk of the petroleum sector in Somalia becoming a source of increased
               tension in Somalia;

               Mandate of the Monitoring Group
                      27. Decides to extend until 25 November 2014 the mandate of the Somalia
               and Eritrea Monitoring Group as set out in paragraph 13 of resolution 2060 (2012)
               and updated in paragraph 41 of resolution 2093 (2013), expresses its intent to
               review the mandate and take appropriate action regarding the further extension no
               later than 25 October 2014, and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary
               administrative measures as expeditiously as possible to re-establish the Monitoring
               Group, in consultation with the Committee, for a period of sixteen months from the
               date of this resolution, drawing, as appropriate, on the expertise of the members of
               the Monitoring Group established pursuant to previous resolutions;
                     28. Requests the Monitoring Group to submit, for the Security Council’s
               consideration, through the Committee, two final reports; one focusing on Somalia,
               the other on Eritrea, covering all the tasks set out in paragraph 13 of resolution 2060
               (2012) and updated in paragraph 41 of resolution 2093 (2013), no later than thirty
               days prior to the termination of the Monitoring Group’s mandate;
                    29. Requests the Committee, in accordance with its mandate and in
               consultation with the Monitoring Group and other relevant United Nations entities
               to consider the recommendations in the reports of the Monitoring Group and
               recommend to the Council ways to improve the implementation of and compliance
               with the Somalia and Eritrea arms embargoes, the measures regarding the import
               and export of charcoal from Somalia, as well as implementation of the targeted
               measures imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolutions 1844 (2008) and
               paragraphs 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 13 of resolution 1907 (2009) taking into account
               paragraph 1 above, in response to continuing violations;
                    30. Decides that the Monitoring Group shall no longer be obliged to submit
               monthly reports to the Committee in the same months in which it provides its
               mid-term brief and submits its final reports;
                     31. Underlines the importance of engagement between the Government of
               Eritrea and the Monitoring Group, and underlines its expectation that the
               Government of Eritrea will facilitate the entry of the Monitoring Group to Eritrea
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                32. Urges all parties and all States, as well as international, regional and
           subregional organizations, including AMISOM, to ensure cooperation with the
           Monitoring Group, and ensure the safety of the members of the Monitoring Group,
           unhindered access, in particular to persons, documents and sites the Monitoring
           Group deems relevant to the execution of its mandate;

           AMISOM
                 33. Looks forward to the results of the upcoming joint review of AMISOM
           by the Secretariat and the African Union, requests options and recommendations to
           be presented to the Council by 10 October 2013, and welcomes the African Union’s
           intention to work closely with the Secretariat on the review;
                34.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

           Annex
           1. Surface to air missiles, including Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems
           (MANPADS);
           2.   Guns, howitzers, and cannons with a calibre greater than 12.7 mm, and
           ammunition and components specially designed for these. (This does not include
           shoulder fired anti-tank rocket launchers such as RPGs or LAWs, rifle grenades, or
           grenade launchers.);
           3.   Mortars with a calibre greater than 82 mm;
           4. Anti-tank guided weapons, including Anti-tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) and
           ammunition and components specially designed for these items;
           5.   Charges and devices intended for military use containing energetic materials;
           mines and related materiel;
           6.   Weapon sights with a night vision capability.




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