Security Council resolution 767 (1992) [on humanitarian assistance to Somalia]
Symbol: S/RES/767(1992)
Date: 1992-07-27
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/47 [73] SOMALIA SITUATION
Subjects: UN Operation in Somalia|UN. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia|OAU|Organization of the Islamic Conference|League of Arab States|International Committee of the Red Cross|Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1946)|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|RELIEF TRANSPORT|SPECIAL MISSIONS|EMERGENCY RELIEF|CEASEFIRES|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|ARMS EMBARGO|SOMALIA|PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES|STAFF SECURITY|EXPERTS|COOPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS|SOMALIA SITUATION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes
country: ZIMBABWE
vote: yes

RESOLUTION 767 (1992)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 3101st meeting,
on 27 July 1992

 

The Security Council,

Considering the request by Somalia for the Security Council to consider
the situation in Somalia (S/23445),

Reaffirming its resolutions 733 (1992) of 23 January 1992, 746 (1992) of
17 March 1992 and 751 (1992) of 24 April 1992,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in
Somalia (S/24343),

Considering the letter of the Secretary-General to the President of the
Security Council informing him that all the parties in Mogadishu have agreed
to the deployment of the fifty military observers, and that the advance party
of the observers arrived in Mogadishu on 5 July 1992 and that the rest of the
observers arrived in the mission area on 23 July 1992 (S/24179),

Deeply concerned about the availability of arms and ammunition in the
hands of civilians and the proliferation of armed banditry throughout Somalia,

Alarmed by the sporadic outbreak of hostilities in several parts of
Somalia leading to continued loss of life and destruction of property, and
putting at risk the personnel of the United Nations, non-governmental
organizations and other international humanitarian organizations, as well as
disrupting their operations,

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

 Gravely alarmed by the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in
Somalia and underlining the urgent need for quick delivery of humanitarian
assistance in the whole country,

Recognizing that the provision of humanitarian assistance in Somalia is
an important element in the effort of the Council to restore international
peace and security in the area,

Responding to the urgent calls by the parties in Somalia for the
international community to take measures in Somalia to ensure the delivery of
humanitarian assistance in Somalia,

Noting the Secretary-General's proposals for a comprehensive
decentralized zonal approach in the United Nations involvement in Somalia,

Cognizant that the success of such an approach requires the cooperation
of all parties, movements and factions in Somalia,

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General
of 22 July 1992 (S/24343);

2. Requests the Secretary-General to make full use of all available
means and arrangements, including the mounting of an urgent airlift operation,
with a view to facilitating the efforts of the United Nations, its specialized
agencies and humanitarian organizations in accelerating the provision of
humanitarian assistance to the affected population in Somalia, threatened by
mass starvation;

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

4, Calls upon all parties, movements and factions in Somalia to
cooperate with the United Nations with a view to the urgent deployment of the
United Nations security personnel called for in paragraphs 4 and 5 of its
resolution 751 (1992), and otherwise assist in the general stabilization of
the situation in Somalia. In the absence of such cooperation, the Security
Council does not exclude other measures to deliver humanitarian assistance to
Somalia;

5. Reiterates its appeal to the international community to provide
adequate financial and other resources for humanitarian efforts in Somalia;

6. Encourages the ongoing efforts of the United Nations, its
specialized agencies and humanitarian organizations, including the
International Committee of the Red Cross, to ensure delivery of humanitarian
assistance to all regions of Somalia;

7. Appeals to all parties, movements and factions in Somalia to extend
full cooperation to the military observers and to take measures to ensure
their security;

8. Requests the Secretary-General, as part of his continuing efforts in
Somalia, to promote an immediate and effective cessation of hostilities and
the maintenance of a cease-fire throughout the country in order to facilitate
the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance and the process of
reconciliation and political settlement in Somalia;

9. Calls upon all parties, movements and factions in Somalia
immediately to cease hostilities and to maintain a cease-fire throughout the
country;

10. Stresses the need for the observance and strict monitoring of the
general and complete embargo of all deliveries of weapons and military
equipment to Somalia, as decided in paragraph 5 of its resolution 733 (1992);

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

12. Approves the Secretary-General’s proposal to establish four
operational zones in Somalia as part of the consolidated United Nations
Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM);

13. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that his Special
Representative for Somalia is provided with all the necessary support services
to enable him to effectively carry out his mandate;

14. Strongly supports the Secretary-General's decision urgently to
dispatch a technical team to Somalia, under the overall direction of the
Special Representative, in order to work within the framework and objectives
outlined in paragraph 64 of his report (S/24343) and to submit expeditiously a
report to the Security Council on this matter;

15. Affirms that all officials of the United Nations and all experts on
mission for the United Nations in Somalia enjoy the privileges and immunities
provided for in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United
Nations of 1946 and in any other relevant instruments and that all parties,
movements and factions in Somalia are required to allow them full freedom of
movement and all necessary facilities;

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

17. Calls upon all parties, movements and factions in Somalia to
cooperate fully with the Secretary-General in the implementation of this
resolution;

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