UN Security Council
2018

and Extension of State Authority and Accountability (CRESTA/A), reconciliation and peacebuilding in Somalia; 8. 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; (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 stabilisation coordinated with CRESTA/A, 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 mand ated by the Security Council; (d) To conduct targeted offensive operations, including jointly with the Somali security forces, against Al Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; (e) To secure key supply routes including to areas recovered from Al Shabaab, in particular those essential to improving the humanitarian situation, which may