UN Security Council
2023

Ethiopia and clan elders, Encouraging the FGS to continue engaging with the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission to enhance international support for Somalia’s peacebuilding objectives, noting the potential of international cooperation and support for peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction and development in Somalia, if provided in line with priorities defined by the FGS, and further noting in this regard the African Union Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (AUPCRD) policy and the AUPCRD dedicated centre in Cairo, Expressing grave concern that Al-Shabaab continues to pose a serious threat to the peace, security and stability of Somalia and the region, condemning in the strongest possible terms terrorist attacks in Somalia and neighbouring states, expressing deep concern about the loss of civilian life from these attacks, reiterating its determination to support comprehensive efforts to reduce the threat posed by Al-Shabaab, and further expressing concern about the continued presence in Somalia of affiliates linked to ISIL/Da’esh, Underscoring the importance of a holistic, whole-of-government and whole-ofsociety approach, including the full participation of women, to counter terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism, conducted in accordance with applicable