UN Security Council
2023

operating legally in Somalia towards combatting Al-Shabaab, often at great sacrifice, and liberating areas of central Somalia from control by the group, and welcoming Somali and international efforts to bring stabilisation support and services to newly liberated communities, Urging continued development of a Somalia-led, coordinated approach in developing Somalia’s maritime governance sector, including through the formation of the Maritime Security Working Group, and support of Somalia’s maritime institutions, Noting with concern smuggling and trafficking of weapons, military equipment and ammunition in contravention of the measures imposed by the Security Council in this and previous resolutions, and urging the GFRS, FMS and Member States to take appropriate measures to identify smugglers and hold them accountable, __________________ 1 For the purposes of this resolution Somalia’s Federal Member States and regional governments are: Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubaland, Puntland, South West, and Banadir and “Somaliland”. 2/14 23-23995 S/RES/2713 (2023) Expressing concern about the violation of the charcoal ban by the vessel MV Fox documented by the Panel of Experts on Somalia (Panel), commending the Panel’s