Security Council resolution 2372 (2017) [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 2018]
Symbol: S/RES/2372 (2017)
Date: 2017-08-30
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/72 [84] SOMALIA SITUATION
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|INTERNAL SECURITY|HUMAN RIGHTS|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|SOMALIA|SOMALIA SITUATION|SUPPORT SERVICES
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: EGYPT
vote: yes
country: ETHIOPIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: ITALY
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: KAZAKHSTAN
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SENEGAL
vote: yes
country: SWEDEN
vote: yes
country: UKRAINE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: URUGUAY
vote: yes

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               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
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               Resolution 2372 (2017)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8035th meeting, on
               30 August 2017
                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling all its previous resolutions and statements of its President on the
               situation in Somalia,
                    Underlining its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political
               independence, and unity of Somalia,
                    Condemning Al Shabaab attacks in Somalia and beyond, expressing serious
               concern at the ongoing threat posed by Al Shabaab, and underlining its concern that
               Al Shabaab continues to hold territory and extort revenue in Somalia,
                    Expressing outrage at the loss of civilian life in Al Shabaab attacks, and
               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 recognizing the need to preserve the gains made through their
               commitment,
                    Reiterating its determination to support efforts to reduce the threat posed by Al
               Shabaab in Somalia, and underlining its commitment to support an inclusive
               Somali-led political peace and reconciliation process,
                     Condemning the continued violations and abuses of human rights and
               violations of international humanitarian law in Somalia in particular the deliberate
               targeting of civilians,
                     Welcoming the positive contributions that the UN Support Office in Somalia
               (UNSOS) has made to supporting the gains made by AMISOM and the UN
               Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), and underscoring the importance of an
               effective partnership between the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and
               Member States in Somalia,
                     Recognizing that the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has the primary
               responsibility to protect its citizens and build its own national security forces,
               noting that these forces should be inclusive and representative of Somalia and act in
               full compliance with their obligations under international humanitarian law and
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                     Commending the decision by the FGS to make security sector reform a priority
               for the next four years, welcoming the FGS and Federal Member State leaders’
               endorsement of a new National Security Architecture, calling on the FGS and the
               Federal Member States to meet the benchmarks set out in the National Security
               Architecture in view of the remaining threat posed by Al Shabaab, and underlining
               the importance of implementing key decisions that further define the composition
               and roles of Somalia’s national and federal state level security forces in line with the
               agreed Architecture, in order to accelerate security sector reform,
                     Reaffirming the strong commitment of international partners to support the
               FGS and Federal Member States in establishing under the National Security Council
               and Regional Security Councils, a capable, accountable, acceptable and affordable
               Somali-led security sector as set out in the Security Pact adopted by S omalia and
               international partners on 11 May 2017 at the London Somalia Conference,
                    Recognizing that a more stable Somalia is of vital importance to ensuring
               regional security,

               AMISOM
                     Commending the contribution of AMISOM to lasting peace and stability in
               Somalia, noting its critical role in improving the security situation and in providing
               the security to enable peacebuilding and statebuilding progress in Somalia,
               including two national political processes, expressing its appreciation for the
               continued commitment of troops, police and equipment to AMISOM by the
               Governments of Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and
               Sierra Leone, and recognizing the significant sacrifices made by AMISOM forces,
                    Recalling the Conclusions on Children and Armed Conflict (S/AC.51/2017/2),
                     Taking note of the Joint AU-UN Review of AMISOM, as requested in
               paragraph 24 of resolution 2297 (2016), the Report on the Ten Year Lessons
               Learned from AMISOM 2007-2017, and the African Union Peace and Security
               Council’s communiqué of 12 July 2017 on the situation in Somalia and AMISOM,
               and the outcome of the meeting of Troop and Police Contributing Countries on
               3 July 2017,
                    Expressing its support for a transfer of security tasks from AMISOM to the
               Somali security forces in a gradual and conditions -based manner, to ensure that the
               hard won security gains are preserved,
                     Welcoming the AU’s investigation of allegations of sexual violence against
               some AMISOM troops, underlining the importance of the AU implementing the
               recommendations of the report, taking action to prevent further abuses, and in line
               with resolution 2272 (2016),
                     Expressing concern over reports of pro-Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
               (ISIL, also known as Da’esh) elements in Somalia and the security implications of
               the situation in Yemen for Somalia,
                    Expressing grave concern at the ongoing humanitarian consequences of the
               severe drought in Somalia, and commending AMISOM’s facilitation of the delivery
               of humanitarian assistance in support of the Somali authorities,
                     Determining that the situation in Somalia continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security,
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           AMISOM
                 1.    Emphasizes that the long term objective for Somalia, with the support of
           its international partners, is that Somali Security Forces assume full responsibility
           for Somalia’s security, and in this regard recognizes that AMISOM remains critical
           to security during this transition to allow for the Somali Security Forces to build
           their capacities;
                2.    Agrees with the Secretary-General that conditions in Somalia are not
           appropriate for the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, and
           requests the Secretary-General to keep the benchmarks for deployment under
           continuous review;
                 3.   Underlines that the increases in the force strength decided in resolutions
           2036 (2012) and 2124 (2013) were to provide short term enhancement to
           AMISOM’s military capacity, and as part of an overall exit strategy for AMISOM,
           after which a decrease in AMISOM’s force strength will be considered in light of
           progress on the ground;
                4.    Welcomes in this regard the recommendation of the AU-UN Review for a
           gradual and phased reduction and reorganization of AMISOM’s uniformed
           personnel in order to provide a greater support role to the Somali Security Forces as
           they progressively take the lead for security in Somalia, welcomes the FGS’s
           commitment to conduct joint operations in order to become the primary security
           provider in Somalia, and underscores the need for transition of security
           responsibility to take into consideration security situation in each location;

           Priorities and tasks
                5.    Decides to authorize the Member States of the AU to maintain the
           deployment of AMISOM until 31 May 2018, and to reduce the level of uniformed
           AMISOM personnel to a maximum level of 21,626 by 31 December 2017, to
           include a minimum of 1,040 AMISOM police personnel including fiv e Formed
           Police Units, with a further reduction of uniformed personnel to 20,626 by
           30 October 2018, unless the Security Council decides to accelerate the pace of the
           reduction, taking into account the capabilities of the Somali security forces thus far;
                 6.   Further decides that AMISOM shall be authorized to take all necessary
           measures, in full compliance with participating States’ obligations under
           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;
                7.     Decides to authorize AMISOM to pursue the following strategic
           objectives:
                (a) Enable the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from
           AMISOM to the Somali security forces contingent on abilities of the Somali
           security forces and political and security progress in Somalia;
                (b)   Reduce the threat posed by Al Shabaab and other armed opposition
           groups;
                (c) Assist the Somali security forces to provide security for the political
           process at all levels as well as stabilization, reconciliation and peacebuilding in
           Somalia;
                 8.   Decides to authorize AMISOM to carry out the following priority tasks
           to achieve these objectives:


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                    (a) Maintain a presence in the sectors set out in the AMISOM Concept of
               Operations, prioritizing the main population centres;
                    (b) To assist, as appropriate, the Somali security forces to protect the Somali
               authorities to help them carry out their functions of government, their efforts
               towards reconciliation and peacebuilding, and security for key infrastructure;
                    (c) To 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 Security Council;
                     (d) To secure key supply routes including to areas recovered from Al
               Shabaab, in particular those essential to improving the humanitarian situation, and
               those critical for logistical support to AMISOM, underscoring that the delivery of
               logistics remains a joint responsibility between the United Nations and AU;
                    (e) To conduct targeted offensive operations against Al Shabaab and other
               armed opposition groups, including jointly with the Somali Security Forces;
                    (f) To mentor and assist Somali security forces, both military and police, in
               close collaboration with UNSOM and in line with the National Security
               Architecture;
                     (g) To reconfigure AMISOM, as security conditions allow, in favour of
               police personnel within the authorized AMISOM personnel ceiling, and provide
               updates on the reconfiguration through the Secretary-General;
                    (h) To receive on a transitory basis, defectors, as appropriate, and in
               coordination with the United Nations and the Federal Government of Somalia;
                     9.    Requests the AU to keep the Security Council regularly informed,
               through the Secretary-General on the implementation of AMISOM’s mandate, and
               report to the Council, through the provision of oral updates an d no fewer than three
               written reports, every 120 days with the first written report not later than
               15 December 2017;
                    10. Requests that the AU continues to ensure that AMISOM is configured to
               conduct the full range of mandated tasks effectively, including strengthening
               command and control structures, under the authority of the Force Commander,
               capable of operating jointly with Somali security forces;
                     11. Welcomes in this regard the intention of the AU to develop a new
               Concept of Operations for AMISOM, and requests the AU to develop this concept in
               close collaboration with the United Nations and Federal Government of Somalia;
                     12. Recalls its request that the AU generate the specialized units set out in
               the annex of resolution 2297 (2016), in particular the Mission Enabling Units, and
               reiterating the importance that all force enablers and multipliers operate under the
               command of the Force Commander, further requests that these are generated without
               delay, and requests that the AU provide regular updates on this force generation in
               its regular reports through the Secretary-General;
                    13. Stresses the critical need to source fully functioning and mission
               appropriate contingent-owned equipment including force enablers and multipliers as
               provided for in paragraph 6 of resolution 2036 (2012) either from existing
               AMISOM troop-contributing countries or other Member States, and welcomes the
               deployment of three helicopters by the Government of Kenya, and urges the AU to
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                 14. Stresses that AMISOM’s civilian component should be fully operational
           to support AMISOM’s military and police tasks and improve coordinati on between
           the United Nations and the AU in Somalia, with particular emphasis on enhancing
           the staffing of its human rights component, with a view to increasing capacity to
           monitor and strengthen respect for international humanitarian law and human rights
           law and address cases of violations and abuses, in particular allegations of
           violations and abuses against children;
                 15. Further stresses that AMISOM’s civilian component should focus its
           efforts on supporting the revised tasks of the AMISOM military and police
           components in order to facilitate the transition and eventual drawdown;
                 16. Underlines the importance of AMISOM forces carrying out their
           mandate in full compliance with participating States’ obligations under international
           humanitarian law and international human rights law, including on the basis of
           specific recommendations made during the Joint Review, and cooperating with
           UNSOM and UNSOS in implementing the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy on
           United Nations support to Non-United Nations Security Forces (HRDDP), and calls
           upon the AU to investigate and report allegations of violations and abuses of human
           rights and violations of international humanitarian law, as well as continuing to
           ensure the highest standards of transparency, and conduct and discipline;
                 17. Welcomes the progress made by AMISOM in complying with human
           rights and international humanitarian law, and urges troop a nd police contributing
           countries to accelerate efforts to enhance the effectiveness of measures and
           mechanisms to prevent and address non-compliance, including on the basis of
           specific recommendations of the Joint Review, including selection and screening of
           AMISOM personnel;
                18. 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 to include progress made in implementing the policy in the Secretary -
           General’s reports to the Security Council, including through the mitigating measures
           and mechanisms as set out by the Joint Review;
                 19. Welcomes the work of the Civilian Casualty Tracking Analysis and
           Response Cell (CCTARC) as requested in resolutions 2093 (2013) and 2124 (2013),
           and the progress on the “Ceebla” hotline, underlines the importance of making the
           CCTARC fully operational and effective without further delay, and in this regard
           urges the full support of troop and police contributors for the CCTARC, in
           collaboration with humanitarian, human rights and protection actors, and underlines
           the importance of ensuring information is shared with relevant a ctors including the
           United Nations and integrated into AMISOM reporting;
                 20. Calls on the AU and troop-contributing countries to take appropriate
           steps to investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, hold perpetrators
           accountable and repatriate units when there is credible evidence of widespread or
           systemic sexual exploitation or abuse by those units;
                21. Welcomes and strongly encourages the deployment of female uniformed
           personnel in AMISOM by the Troop and Police Contributing Countries;
                 22. Requests the FGS to expedite an Operational Readiness Assessment of
           the Somali security forces, to be completed by 1 December 2017, to be led by the
           Federal Government of Somalia with the active participation of the Federal Member
           States, and together with AMISOM and the United Nations and other international
           partners to determine numbers, capacities, locations and compliance with human
           rights obligations and international standards including screening for child soldiers,
           existence of accountability mechanisms, and level of vetting and training, and

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               including the Somali police as well as other Somali security capacities, in order to
               hand over specific security tasks, identify capacities for joint operations, determine
               infrastructure, logistical capacity, equipment and training gaps, and provide a
               baseline for further security sector reform efforts, and to inform a revised Concept
               of Operations for AMISOM;
                    23. Requests the Secretary-General to conduct a comprehensive assessment
               of AMISOM by 15 April 2018, working closely with the African Union and the
               Federal Government of Somalia, to take stock of the transition thus far including the
               development of Somali security institutions, and to make recommendations on the
               progressive transition from AMISOM to Somali security responsibility including
               over the electoral period, taking into account the capacities of the Somali security
               forces;
                    24. Expresses its intention to consider further uniformed personnel
               reductions as security conditions and Somali capabilities allow, including taking
               account the recommendations for further reductions made by the assessment
               requested in paragraph 23;

               Support and Partnership
                     25. Requests the Secretary-General to work closely with the AU in
               supporting the implementation of this resolution, encourages continued close
               collaboration between UNSOM, UNSOS and AMISOM at all levels, including
               through the Senior Leadership Coordination Forum, in o rder to enhance
               coordination efforts on the ground, further requests the Secretary-General to
               continue to provide technical and expert advice to the AU on the planning,
               deployment and strategic management of AMISOM in line with the mandate of the
               United Nations office to the AU, and reiterates its request to the Secretary-General,
               in view of the need to increase AMISOM’s efficiency, to enhance the provision of
               technical advice to the AU through existing United Nations mechanisms;
                    26. Stresses the importance of early and sustained coordination of all joint
               operations, as well as of follow up activity in newly recovered areas, and
               encourages the strengthening of joint planning and operational management
               mechanisms in order to prioritize available resources;
                     27. Further stresses the importance of effective joint planning and
               implementation of the transition of primary security responsibility to the Somali
               security forces between the Federal Government of Somalia, Federal Member
               States, the United Nations, African Union and donors, and requests the Secretary-General to report on progress towards transition in his reports on the situation in
               Somalia to the Security Council;
                     28. Agrees with the Secretary-General that oversight and accountability, in
               particular compliance with HRDDP in the context of United Nations support to the
               transition of responsibilities between AMISOM and Somali Security Forces will be
               the cornerstone of the partnership between the United Nations, the AU, the Federal
               Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States;
                     29. Urges the full implementation of the Force Commander’s directive, in
               particular on the protection of children’s rights during and after operations and to
               comply with the standard operating procedures for the reception and handover of
               children separated from armed groups in Somalia signed by the Federal Government
               of Somalia;
                     30. Welcomes the support of the international community for peace and
               stability in Somalia, in particular the European Union for its substantial cont ribution
               in supporting AMISOM, as well as support from other bilateral partners for both

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           AMISOM and the Somali National Army (SNA), emphasizes the importance of new
           contributions, including from new and existing donors from the international
           community, the African Union Peace Fund, the private sector, civil society and other
           donations, in order to share the financial burden of supporting AMISOM;
                31. Reiterates its call for new and existing donors to support AMISOM
           through the provision of additional funding for troop stipends, equipment, and
           technical assistance for AMISOM, and contributions to the United Nations Trust
           Fund for AMISOM including contributions destined for the SNA, calls upon the AU
           to consider how to provide sustainable funding for AMISOM, and underlines the
           AU’s call for its Member States to provide financial support to AMISOM;
                 32. Stresses the need to enhance the predictability, sustainability and
           flexibility of financing for African Union-led peace support operations authorized
           by the Security Council and under the Security Council’s authority consistent with
           Chapter VIII of the Charter, urges the Secretary-General, African Union and
           partners to explore in earnest funding arrangements for AMISOM, bearing in mind
           the full range of options available to the United Nations, African Union, the
           European Union, and to other partners, and considering the limitations of voluntary
           funding, in order to establish secure future funding arrangements for AMISOM, and
           looks forward to the Secretary-General’s report on the future funding of AMISOM
           by November 2017;

           Somali Security Forces
                33. Recognizes that the primary responsibility for security lies with the
           Somali people and institutions, and in this regard, welcomes the historical political
           agreement on the National Security Architecture by the Federal Government of
           Somalia and the Federal Member States on 17 April 2017, commends their renewed
           commitment to security sector reform, and underscores the need to implement these
           commitments urgently, and to accelerate reform;
                 34. Underlines the importance of swift implementation of the National
           Security Architecture, delineating roles and responsibilities of Somalia’s security
           institutions, agreeing on governance and oversight structures and identifying
           capability gaps in order to guide AMISOM and donors’ security sector assistance
           priorities and signalling areas of cooperation with the international community in
           order to develop Somali-led security institutions and forces, both military and
           civilian, that are capable, affordable, acceptable, and accountable, and emphasizes
           the vital importance of the rule of law and of security forces complying with
           obligations under international humanitarian law and human rights law as a pplicable
           in particular with respect to ending and preventing recruitment and use of children
           in armed conflict;
                 35. Stresses the importance of the FGS and Federal Member States
           accelerating the strengthening and improved coordination of the Somali securi ty
           institutions, and enhancing efforts to move towards the eventual handover of
           security responsibilities to the Somali security services and withdrawal of
           AMISOM;
                 36. Welcomes the commitment of international partners to provide additional
           and more effective support through the implementation mechanisms agreed at the
           London Somalia Conference, including more coordinated delivery of mentoring,
           training, equipment, capacity building, and remuneration of police and military
           forces consistent with the Security Pact agreed at the London Somalia Conference,
           and in this regard emphasizes the important role of UNSOM to assist the FGS in
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                    37. Welcomes the support already provided by the international community
               and bilateral donors to the Somali security sector, encourages partners to further
               enhance their support to national and state-level institutions for the development of
               the Somali security sector, including logistical support, and calls upon new partners
               to come forward to support this development, and reiterates the importance of
               coordination amongst all partners as agreed in the Security Pact;
                     38. Underscores the need for international partners to closely align their
               efforts in a fully coordinated manner to enable Somalia to achieve a comprehensive
               approach to advance sustainable security, and the need to implement commitments
               through the implementation mechanism set out in the Security Pact on 11 May
               2017;
                    39. Underlines that it is essential that military operations are followed
               immediately by Somali efforts to establish or improve governance structures in
               recovered areas and by the delivery of basic services, including security, through the
               National Security Council and Regional Securit y Councils;
                    40. Recognizes that the threat of Al Shabaab will not be defeated by military
               means alone, and in this regard encourages the Federal Government of Somalia,
               with the support of UNSOM, to continue to take a comprehensive approach to
               security, in line with the Security Pact and the New Partnership Agreement for
               Somalia, and to implement Somalia’s National Strategy and Action Plan for
               Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in order to strengthen Somalia’s
               capacity to prevent and counter terrorism;
                     41. Welcomes the commitment of the FGS and Federal Member states to
               establish basic policing services across Somalia, as envisaged in the new federal
               policing model, requests UNSOM to support implementation of the federal policing
               model, especially at the Federal Member State level, encourages donors to support
               relevant national and state-level institutions in its implementation, welcomes
               capacity-building for the maritime police force in line with resolution 2246 (2015)
               by the FGS with the support of UNSOM, and looks forward to progress towards its
               implementation;
                     42. Commends the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member
               States for their commitment to increase the transparency and accou ntability of
               security sector financial management, and the payment of salaries and support
               requirements as set out in the Security Pact, and in line with the national
               constitution and resource sharing mechanisms and looks forward to progress on this
               commitment;
                     43. Calls on the Federal Government of Somalia, the Federal Member States,
               AMISOM and UNSOM to work to ensure that women and girls are protected from
               sexual violence, including sexual exploitation and abuse, which can significantly
               exacerbate and prolong situations of armed conflict and may impede the restoration
               of international peace and security, and that victims are supported and perpetrators
               held accountable, urges the Federal Government of Somalia, with the support of the
               United Nations, to accelerate the implementation of the Joint Communiqué and the
               National Action Plan to combat sexual violence in conflict;

               Logistical Support
                    44. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide a logistical
               support package for AMISOM and 70 AMISOM civilians, the 10,9 00 SNA on joint
               operations with AMISOM, and UNSOM as set out in paragraph 2 of resolution 2245
               (2015), and requests the Secretary-General to expedite the necessary procedures to
               implement resolution 2245 (2015);


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                45. Stresses the need for responsive and effective field support and in this
           regard welcomes UNSOS’s efforts, in collaboration with AMISOM, to implement
           measures aimed at strengthening accountability and efficiency in the management of
           resources and finances in order to better align the delivery of logistical support to
           AMISOM’s priorities and activities and requests the Secretary -General to report on
           progress in his regular reporting;
                46. Welcomes the signing of a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding
           (MOU) by the Governments of Ethiopia and Uganda, with the United Nations, and
           the African Union, and urges all troop and police contributing countries to conclude
           negotiations on the trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) without delay;

           Somalia
                47. Welcomes the FGS’ active engagement with the Universal Periodic
           Review Process and encourages implementation of all accepted recommendations;
                 48. Expresses concern at continued violations and abuses of human rights
           and violations of international humanitarian law in Somalia and underscores the
           need to end impunity, uphold human rights and to hold accountable those
           responsible for such violations and abuses, welcomes the passage of legislation to
           establish Somalia’s National Human Rights Commission, encourages the FGS to
           finalize its status and further encourages the FGS to pass legislation aimed at
           protecting human rights and ensuring investigations and prose cutions of perpetrators
           of crimes involving violations of international humanitarian law and human rights
           violations and abuses;
                 49. Expresses concern at forced evictions of internally displaced persons
           (IDPs) from public and private infrastructure in major towns in Somalia, stresses
           that any eviction should be consistent with relevant national and international
           frameworks, calls upon the FGS and all relevant actors to strive to provide concrete
           durable solutions for internal displacement, and encourages the FGS, with the
           support of partners, to create an environment conducive to the voluntary repatriation
           of refugees, and the voluntary, safe and dignified return, local integration or
           resettlement of IDPs;
                 50. Expresses grave concern at the ongoing humanitarian crisis and risk of
           famine in Somalia and its impact on the people of Somalia, commends the efforts of
           the United Nations humanitarian agencies and other humanitarian actors to deliver
           life-saving assistance to vulnerable populations, condemns the increase in attacks
           against humanitarian workers and calls on all parties to respect and protect
           humanitarian personnel, facilities and assets; further condemns any misuse or
           obstruction of humanitarian assistance, and reiterates its demand that all parties
           allow and facilitate rapid, safe and unhindered access for the timely delivery of aid
           to persons in need across Somalia; underlines the importance of proper accounting
           in international humanitarian support, and encourages national disaster management
           agencies in Somalia to scale up capacity with support from the United Nations to
           take a stronger leadership role in coordination of humanitarian response;
                51. Underlines the importance of respect for international humanitarian law
           and the protection of civilians, especially women and children, as well as relevant
           Security Council resolutions, by all actors in Somalia;
                 52. Reaffirms the important role of women and youth in the prevention and
           resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding, stresses the importance of their
           meaningful participation in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace
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                    53. Strongly condemns all violations and abuses committed against children
               in armed conflict in Somalia, calling on the Federal Government of Somalia to
               implement fully the Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989, and the Action
               Plans signed in 2012, and underscores the need to strengthen the legal and
               operational framework for the protection of children, including by ratification of or
               accession to its Operational Protocols and strengthen existing vetting mechanisms;

               Reporting
                    54. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council regularly
               informed on the implementation of this resolution in his regular reports, including
               through oral updates and no fewer than three written reports, with the first written
               report by 12 January 2018, and every 120 days thereafter;
                     55. Requests the Secretary-General to update the Security Council on the
               status of the Somali security forces and their readiness to perform security tasks
               taking into consideration the outcome of the Operational Readiness Assessment, and
               on the impact of operations on the level of threat from Al Shabaab, and further
               requests the African Union to report through the Secretary-General on progress on
               the reconfiguration of AMISOM including the deployment of police personnel, and
               progress towards achieving AMISOM’s objectives, in its regular reports to the
               Security Council in order to maintain the momentum of transition to Somali s ecurity
               forces;
                    56.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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