Security Council resolution 1725 (2006) [on authorization to Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Member States of the African Union to establish the IGAD Peace Support Mission in Somalia (IGASOM)]
Symbol: S/RES/1725(2006)
Date: 2006-12-06
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/61 [84] SOMALIA SITUATION
Subjects: Somalia. Transitional Federal Institutions|Islamic Courts Union (Somalia)|Intergovernmental Authority on Development|African Union. Peace and Security Council|Intergovernmental Authority on Development. Peace Support Mission to Somalia|Intergovernmental Authority on Development. Peace Support Mission to Somalia > Terms of reference|African Union. Commission|Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic (2004)|Khartoum Declaration (2006 June 22)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACEBUILDING|INTERIM GOVERNMENTS|NEGOTIATION|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|ARMS EMBARGO|SOMALIA|SOMALIA SITUATION|TROOP WITHDRAWAL|REGIONAL SECURITY|FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT|INTERNAL SECURITY|STAFF SECURITY|TRAINING PROGRAMMES|MILITARY PERSONNEL|NEIGHBOURING STATES|EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES|FINANCIAL RESOURCES|CONSULTATIONS|PERIODIC REPORTS|BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ARGENTINA
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CONGO
vote: yes
country: DENMARK
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GHANA
vote: yes
country: GREECE
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: PERU
vote: yes
country: QATAR
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SLOVAKIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/1725 (2006)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               6 December 2006




               Resolution 1725 (2006)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 5579th meeting on
               6 December 2006

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, in
               particular resolution 733 (1992) of 23 January 1992, resolution 1356 (2001) of
               19 June 2001, resolution 1425 (2002) of 22 January 2002, and the statements of its
               President, in particular that of 13 July 2006 (S/PRST/2006/31),
                    Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political
               independence, and unity of Somalia,
                     Reiterating its commitment to a comprehensive and lasting settlement of the
               situation in Somalia through the Transitional Federal Charter, and stressing the
               importance of broad-based and representative institutions and of an inclusive
               political process, as envisaged in the Transitional Federal Charter,
                     Reiterating its insistence that all Member States, in particular those in the
               region, should refrain from any action in contravention of the arms embargo and
               related measures, and should take all actions necessary to prevent such
               contraventions,
                    Emphasizing its willingness to engage with all parties in Somalia who are
               committed to achieving a political settlement through peaceful and inclusive
               dialogue, including the Union of Islamic Courts,
                     Underlining the importance for stability in Somalia of broad-based and
               representative institutions and of an inclusive political process, commending the
               crucial efforts of the League of Arab States and the Intergovernmental Authority on
               Development (IGAD) to promote and encourage political dialogue between the
               Transitional Federal Institutions and the Union of Islamic Courts, expressing its full
               support for these initiatives, and affirming its readiness to assist as appropriate an
               inclusive political process in Somalia,
                     Urging both the Transitional Federal Institutions and the Union of Islamic
               Courts to unite behind and continue a process of dialogue, recommit to the
               principles of the 22 June 2006 Khartoum Declaration and the agreements made at
               the 2-4 September 2006 Khartoum meeting, and establish a stable security situation
               inside Somalia,


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                     Calling upon the Union of Islamic Courts to cease any further military
               expansion and reject those with an extremist agenda or links to international
               terrorism,
                    Deploring the bombing in Baidoa on 30 November 2006 and expressing the
               Security Council’s concern regarding the continued violence inside Somalia,
                    Welcoming the agreement reached between the Union of Islamic Courts and
               the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development dated
               2 December 2006, and encouraging IGAD to continue discussions with the
               Transitional Federal Institutions,
                     Calls upon all parties inside Somalia and all other States to refrain from action
               that could provoke or perpetuate violence and violations of human rights, contribute
               to unnecessary tension and mistrust, endanger the ceasefire and political process, or
               further damage the humanitarian situation,
                    Taking note of the note verbale dated 16 October 2006 from the Permanent
               Mission of Kenya to the United Nations to the President of the Security Council
               transmitting the text of the Deployment Plan for a Peacekeeping Mission of IGAD
               in Somalia (IGASOM),
                     Determining that the situation in Somalia continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                    1.    Reiterates that the Transitional Federal Charter and Institutions offer the
               only route to achieving peace and stability in Somalia, emphasizes the need for
               continued credible dialogue between the Transitional Federal Institutions and the
               Union of Islamic Courts, and affirms therefore that the following provisions of the
               present resolution, based on the decisions of IGAD and the Peace and Security
               Council of the African Union, aim solely at supporting peace and stability in
               Somalia through an inclusive political process and creating the conditions for the
               withdrawal of all foreign forces from Somalia;
                     2.    Urges the Transitional Federal Institutions and the Union of Islamic
               Courts to fulfil commitments they have made, resume without delay peace talks on
               the basis of the agreements reached in Khartoum, and adhere to agreements reached
               in their dialogue, and states its intention to consider taking measures against those
               that seek to prevent or block a peaceful dialogue process, overthrow the Transitional
               Federal Institutions by force, or take action that further threatens regional stability;
                     3.    Decides to authorize IGAD and Member States of the African Union to
               establish a protection and training mission in Somalia, to be reviewed after an initial
               period of six months by the Security Council with a briefing by IGAD, with the
               following mandate drawing on the relevant elements of the mandate and concept of
               operations specified in the Deployment Plan for IGASOM:
                   (a) To monitor progress by the Transitional Federal Institutions and the
               Union of Islamic Courts in implementing agreements reached in their dialogue;
                    (b) To ensure free movement and safe passage of all those involved with the
               dialogue process;
                    (c)   To maintain and monitor security in Baidoa;



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               (d) To protect members of the Transitional Federal Institutions and
           Government as well as their key infrastructure;
                (e) To train the Transitional Federal Institutions’ security forces to enable
           them to provide their own security and to help facilitate the re-establishment of
           national security forces of Somalia;
                 4.    Endorses the specification in the IGAD Deployment Plan that those
           States that border Somalia would not deploy troops to Somalia;
                 5.   Decides that the measures imposed by paragraph 5 of resolution 733
           (1992) and further elaborated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1425 (2002) shall
           not apply to supplies of weapons and military equipment and technical training and
           assistance intended solely for the support of or use by the force referred to in
           paragraph 3 above;
                6.    Encourages Member States to provide financial resources for IGASOM;
                 7.    Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Commission of
           the African Union and the secretariat of IGAD, to report to the Security Council on
           the implementation of the mandate of IGASOM within thirty (30) days, and every
           sixty (60) days thereafter;
                 8.   Emphasizes the continued contribution made to Somalia’s peace and
           security by the arms embargo, demands that all Member States, in particular those
           of the region, fully comply with it, and reiterates its intention to consider urgently
           ways to strengthen its effectiveness, including through targeted measures in support
           of the arms embargo;
                9.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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