UN Documents and Historical Chronology
Chronology of key events relating to Somalia and referred to in Security Council Report publications 
Key UN Documents relating to Somalia and referred to in Security Council Report publications (with live links)
Date Publication Issue
26 October 2011    What's In Blue Somalia Briefing and Consultations Postponed
21 October 2011 What's In Blue Somalia Piracy Resolution
14 October 2011 What's In Blue Somalia Piracy Resolution
October 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
28 September 2011 What's In Blue AU Mission in Somalia Resolution
15 September 2011 What's In Blue AU Mission in Somalia Resolution
13 September 2011 What's In Blue Somalia Debate and Resolution
September 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
9 August 2011 What's In Blue Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee Meeting
9 August 2011 What's In Blue Somalia Briefing
8 August 2011 Update Report Somalia
August 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
29 July 2011 What's In Blue Somalia/Eritrea Sanctions Regime
26 July 2011 What's In Blue Somalia/Eritrea Sanctions Regime
25 July 2011 What's In Blue Humanitarian Situation in Somalia
July 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
22 June 2011 What's In Blue Somalia
17 June 2011 What's In Blue Somalia Piracy Report
June 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
10 May 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia
4 May 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia
May 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
15 April 2011 What's In Blue Insights on the Monthly DPA Briefing on Emerging Issues
8 April 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia Piracy
April 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
24 March 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia Piracy
18 March 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia Piracy
15 March 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia
15 March 2011 What's in Blue Insights on the Somalia Sanctions Committee
8 March 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia
4 March 2011 What's In Blue Insights on the Somalia Piracy Resolution
March 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
20 January 2011 What's In Blue Insights on Somalia Piracy
January 2011 Monthly Forecast Somalia
8 December 2010 Update Report Somalia
November 2010 Monthly Forecast Somalia
15 October 2010        Update Report Somalia
September 2010 Monthly Forecast Somalia
August 2010 Monthly Forecast Somalia: Piracy
July 2010 Monthly Forecast Somalia
May 2010 Monthly Forecast Somalia
April 2010 Update Report Somalia: Piracy
March 2010 Monthly Forecast Somalia 
January 2010 Monthly Forecast Somalia
November 2009 Monthly Forecast Somalia
October 2009 Monthly Forecast Somalia
September 2009 Monthly Forecast Somalia
August 2009    Monthly Forecast Somalia and Related Horn of Africa Issues
July 2009 Monthly Forecast Somalia
June 2009 Monthly Forecast Somalia
May 2009  Monthly Forecast Somalia
April 2009 Monthly Forecast Somalia
March 2009       Monthly Forecast Somalia
February 2009    Monthly Forecast Somalia
December 2008 Monthly Forecast Somalia
November 2008 Monthly Forecast Somalia
October 2008 Monthly Forcecast Somalia
16 September 2008 Special Research Report Anatomy of a Sanctions Regime
September 2008 Monthly Forecast Somalia
August 2008 Monthly Forecast Somalia
July 2008 Monthly Forecast Somalia
2 May 2008 Update Report Somalia
April 2008 Monthly Forecast Somalia
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Yemen and Somalia: Terrorism, Shadow Networks and the Limitations of State-building

Sally Healy and Ginny Hill - 20 October 2010
Download Paper in Arabic Yemen and Somalia face parallel challenges: insurgencies, terrorism, economic hardship, and ineffective governments that are perceived to lack legitimacy. Western engagement in Yemen and Somalia is based on a state-building framework involving diplomacy, development and defence. Yet the priority attached to security-sector interventions undermines the balance of...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/960/

Livestock Trade in the Djibouti, Somali and Ethiopian Borderlands

Nisar Majid - 8 September 2010
The pastoral economy and livestock trade form a critical platform for economic interdependence linking Ethiopia's Somali Region to Djibouti, Somaliland and Puntland. Ethiopia's Somali Region provides a major share of livestock exports. Its people are tied through kinship and trade to neighbouring countries, but this also creates the potential for...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/938/

Livestock Trade in the Kenyan, Somali and Ethiopian Borderlands

Hussein A Mahmoud - 7 September 2010
The Kenya-Somalia-Ethiopia borderlands constitute a dynamic livestock trading zone that supports the livelihoods of thousands of people. Despite the political turbulence of the last 20 years, the export of animals to feed the growing Kenyan market for meat has expanded and flourished. The trade networks have proved resilient and resourceful...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/937/

Somalia: A New Approach

Chatham House - 21 July 2010
This is a summary of an event at Chatham House on 21 July 2010 with Bronwyn Bruton, Author and International Affairs Fellow, Council of Foreign Relations, and Abdirisak Aden, former Permanent Secretary, Department for Information, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. Event details >> 
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/928/

Yemen, the Region and the World: Perceptions of Regional and International Interests

Chatham House - 6 April 2010
Download Paper in Arabic This is a summary of an event held in Sana'a on 6 April 2010 which examined the West's stated commitment to support development in Yemen, questions of security and migration and the potential role of wider regional powers. Key points: 2010 is a crucial year for Yemen in...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/857/

Yemen: Fear of Failure

Ginny Hill - 20 January 2010
Yemen presents a potent combination of problems for policy-makers confronting the prospect of state failure in this strategically important Red Sea country. It is the poorest state in the Arab world, with high levels of unemployment, rapid population growth and dwindling water resources. President Saleh faces an intermittent civil war...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/827/

Piracy and Legal Issues: Reconciling Public and Private Interests

Chatham House - 1 October 2009
This conference report is drawn from the Piracy and Legal Issues conference held at Chatham House on 1-2 October 2009. While the conference focused on piracy off the coast of Somalia, it was not confined to it, recognising that there has been a resurgence of piracy attacks in other parts...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/799/

Comoros: External Involvement in a Small Island State

Simon Massey and Bruce Baker - 1 August 2009
Download French Summary Comoros, comprised of the three islands Ngazidja, Nzwani and Mwali, has been coup-prone and politically chaotic since independence in 1975. The African Union launched a successful naval and military intervention into the Comoros in March 2007. Little noticed internationally, this intervention was a highly significant development for the...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/767/

Pirates and How to Deal With Them

Roger Middleton - 22 April 2009
This briefing note draws on a meeting of a roundtable of experts held at Chatham House on 26 February 2009 by the Africa Programme and the International Law Discussion Group. It brought together lawyers and practitioners from the military, industry and diplomatic services to clarify some of the legal concerns...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/733/

Entrepreneurs of Violence: Rebel Groups and Militias in Africa

Chatham House - 22 April 2009
This is a transcript of a meeting held at Chatham House on 22 April 2009. 
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/742/

 

Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Local Wars

Roger Middleton - 1 October 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008; so far over 60 ships have been attacked. Pirates are regularly demanding and receiving million-dollar ransom payments and are becoming more aggressive and assertive. The international community must be aware of the danger that Somali pirates could become...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/665/

Lost Opportunities in the Horn of Africa: How Conflicts Connect and Peace Agreements Unravel

Sally Healy - 23 June 2008
The conflicts and humanitarian disasters from Sudan to Somalia are closely linked and a failure to understand this is undermining efforts to find peace, says a new report by Chatham House. The report is a study of three peace processes in the region dealing with the conflicts in Somalia...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/630/

The Crisis in Somalia

Transcript of Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah - 19 June 2008
This is a transcript from a meeting held on 19 June 2008 at Chatham House. 
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/647/

Conflict in the Ogaden and its Regional Dimension

Sally Healy OBE - 7 September 2007
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/530/

Alternative visions for Somalia

Chatham House - 30 July 2007
On 24 July 2007 Hussen Aideed, who was appointed deputy Prime Minister in Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in 2004 and is now a leading member of the opposition group based in Asmara Eritrea, spoke at a Horn of Africa Group meeting at Chatham House. He outlined how he...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/517/

Yemen and the Horn of Africa

Chatham House - 20 June 2007
Ginny Hill, a freelance journalist who has spent the last 12 months in Yemen, spoke about the refugee crisis as the ongoing troubles in Somalia force more and more people to attempt the dangerous crossing to Yemen. The meeting examined Yemen's role in the Horn and in its various crises. 
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/504/

Failed Muslim States: Somalia and Afghanistan

Chatham House - 25 April 2007
The meeting looked at the route to and prospects for the current situations in both Somalia and Afghanistan. Professor Said S Samatar is a well known Somali academic historian and commentator, the author of numerous books and articles on Somali history, politics and culture. Among them are his landmark history...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/522/

The Islamic Courts and Ethiopia�s Intervention in Somali: Redemption or Adventurism?

Professor Said S Samatar - 25 April 2007
Professor Said S Samatar, Professor of African History at Rutgers University, was invited to speak at Chatham House on 25 April 2007. He is a well known Somali academic historian and commentator, the author of numerous books and articles on Somali history, politics and culture. The meeting looked at failed...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/521/

The Rise and Fall of Mogadishu�s Islamic Courts

Cedric Barnes and Harun Hassan - 1 April 2007
Multilateral efforts to support Somalia have been undermined by the strategic concerns of other international actors - notably Ethiopia and the United States. Security in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has severely deteriorated since the US-backed Ethiopian intervention in the country. The Islamic Courts, which were ousted, had strong support in the country...
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/458/

 

 Somalia's Future 

President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed - 22 February 2007
Transcript of meeting held in Chatham House on 22 February 2007.

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/443/ 

 

Interview
Disengaging From Somalia
By Deborah Jerome
Instead of fighting jihad in Somalia by supporting the weak transitional government, the United States would have more success focusing on humanitarian aid and development, says democracy and governance expert Bronwyn Bruton.
March 10, 2010

Backgrounder
Terrorism Havens: Somalia
By Julie Cohn
June 7, 2010

Council Special Report
Somalia
By Bronwyn E. Bruton
Failed states provide fertile ground for terrorism, drug trafficking, and a host of other ills that threaten to spill beyond their borders. Somalia is thus a problem not just for Somalis but for the United States and the world. Bronwyn E. Bruton takes on one of today's most vexing foreign policy challenges, offering concise analysis and thoughtful recommendations grounded in a realistic assessment of U.S. and international interests and capabilities in Somalia.
March 1, 2010

Essential Documents
Ambassador Carson's Speech on U.S. Policy in Somalia, March 2010
Speech
March 12, 2010

News Release
United States Should Pursue New Approach to Somalia, Argues CFR Report
March 10, 2010

Analysis Brief
Morass in Somalia Deepens
By Stephanie Hanson
Ethiopian troops appear to have won a military victory over Somalia's Islamic Courts militias, who fled Mogadishu Thursday. Their exit leaves a power vacuum in Somalia, and the United States’ focus on counterterrorism in the Horn of Africa may hinder its ability to defuse the crisis.
December 27, 2006

Analysis Brief
Somalia Exporting Discord?
By Eben Kaplan
A new UN report details a complex and troubling exchange that allegedly provided weapons to Somalia’s Islamist power brokers in exchange for dispatching Islamist commandos to Hezbollah and opening Somali uranium mines to Iran. 
November 16, 2006

Analysis Brief
U.S. Strikes Somalia
By Eben Kaplan
A U.S. air strike in Somalia may mark the return of a robust U.S. military presence in the Horn of Africa. Though aimed at al-Qaeda operatives within Somalia, the U.S. action could reverberate throughout the region. 
January 9, 2007

Analysis Brief
Somalia at the Crossroads
By Eben Kaplan
Despite the ouster of the Islamist militia last month, stability in Somalia remains elusive. Its leaders must decide whether to reconcile or return to warlordism.
January 23, 2007

Analysis Brief
Somalia at the Brink
By Eben Kaplan
With Islamic courts firmly in control of Somalia's capital, experts worry that a new Taliban may be emerging in the Horn of Africa. 
August 7, 2006

Interview
Lyons: Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict Fueling Somalia Crisis
By Terrence Lyons
Terrence Lyons, an expert on the Horn of Africa, says despite U.S. concerns about al-Qaeda, it is local rivalries driving conflicts in Somalia and elsewhere in the region.
August 22, 2007

Podcast
Lyons: Implications of Somalia Conflict for the Horn of Africa
By Terrence Lyons
Terrence Lyons, associate professor at George Mason University and an expert on conflict resolution, discusses the conflict in Somalia and its implications for the Horn of Africa.
January 3, 2007

Interview
The United States Should Avoid 'Grand Schemes' in Somalia
By Stephanie Hanson
CFR's Bronwyn Bruton says the United States will not be able to end piracy in Somalia by using force and should take a modest approach that avoids grand schemes to reconstruct the government.
April 14, 2009

Analysis Brief
Somalia's Perpetual War
By Stephanie Hanson
As the humanitarian crisis in Somalia deepens, experts see bleak prospects for reconciliation talks between the transitional government and the Islamist opposition.
May 9, 2008

Interview
The Capital Interview: Envoy Seeks Support for Ethiopia, Aid for Somal...
By Samuel Assefa
Ethiopia’s U.S. ambassador says his government needs more international help in securing Somalia and is wrongly blamed by Congress for rights abuses.
November 20, 2007

Op-Ed
Bombing Somalia is a Dud
By Micah Zenko
Micah Zenko argues that given the ineffectiveness of recent U.S. operations in Somalia, airstrikes against Somali pirates would be militarily and politically unsuccessful.
April 23, 2009

Podcast
The United States Should Avoid "Grand Schemes" in Somalia
By Stephanie Hanson
CFR's Bronwyn Bruton says the United States should avoid grand schemes in its attempts to fight piracy in Somalia.
April 13, 2009

Analysis Brief
Somalia Slipping Away
By Eben Kaplan
Despite international intervention to protect Somalia’s fledgling government, fighting persists while the humanitarian situation deteriorates. Regional stability is at risk once again.
May 29, 2007

Other Report
Somalia's Future
By Jennifer Cooke
This report is a collaborative effort drawn up in a response to a request from Congress to examine the situation in Somalia, namely options for diplomacy.
March 29, 2007

Podcast
The Road Ahead: Violence and Reconciliation in Somalia
By Idd Beddel Mohamed
Idd Beddel Mohammed, Somalia's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations and Abdi Samatar, a Somali scholar at the University of Minnesota, discuss recent violence in Somalia and options for reconciliation.
April 27, 2007

Must Read
The Enough Project: Somalia after the Ethiopian Occupation: First Step...
By Ken Menkhaus
Ken Menkhaus says the new U.S. national security team must implement a long-term strategy in Somalia.
February 9, 2009

Must Read
Chatham House: Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Lo...
By Roger Middleton
This is a brief on the piracy issue in Somalia.
October 29, 2008

Must Read
CRS Report: Somalia
By Ted Dagne
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress (PDF)entitled "Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace."
March 12, 2007

Foreign Affairs Article
In the Quicksands of Somalia
By Bronwyn E. Bruton
Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired.
November 10, 2009

Foreign Affairs Article
Somalia and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention
By Walter Clarke
The intervention in Somalia was not an abject failure; an estimated 100,000 lives were saved. But its mismanagement should be an object lesson for peacekeepers in Bosnia and on other such missions. No large intervention, military or humanitarian, can remain neutral or assuredly brief in a strife-torn failed state. Nation-building, the rebuilding of a state's basic civil institutions, is required in fashioning a self-sustaining body politic out of anarchy. In the future, the United States, the United Nations, and other intervenors should be able to declare a state "bankrupt" and go in to restore civic order and foster reconciliation. 
March 1, 1998

Foreign Affairs Article
The Lessons of Somalia: Not Everything Went Wrong
By Chester A. Crocker
The mistakes of the U.S. intervention in Somalia should not obscure its successes: a humanitarian tragedy was averted, and the political landscape was improved. 
March 1, 1995

Essential Documents
Somalia's Clan Families
A CIA map shows the areas occupied by Somalia's clans and subclans.
March 1, 2002

Essential Documents
UN Security Council Resolution 733, Somalia
Resolution
January 23, 1992

Transcript
Somalia's Second Chance: [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
Terence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, and Vicki Huddleston, Former Charge D'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia, discuss the potential for Somalia to successfully establish a viable government. 
February 23, 2007

Op-Ed
Somalia's Lesson-Don't Always Trust the Locals
By Max Boot
January 24, 2007

News Release
Ethiopia-Eritrea Proxy War in Somalia Risks Broader Regional Conflict,...
Conflict in the Horn of Africa is escalating rapidly as power struggles within Somalia are exacerbated by military support that both Ethiopia and Eritrea give to the opposing parties there. Ethiopia backs the weak interim government; Eritrea sponsors the Islamic militants fighting to overthrow it. Because the United States has accused Somalia of harboring al-Qaeda suspects, “the Ethiopian-Eritrean proxy conflict increases the opportunities for terrorist infiltration of the Horn and East Africa and for ignition of a larger regional conflict,” warns a new Council Special Report.
December 14, 2006

Interview
The Capital Interview: Frazer Says Kenyan Crisis Has Consequences for ...
By Stephanie Hanson
Jendayi Frazer, the top U.S. official in charge of African affairs, says Kenya’s crisis could have serious consequences for peace plans in Somalia and Sudan.
January 18, 2008

Backgrounder
Somalia's Terrorist Infestation
By Eben Kaplan
The United States lists Somalia as a haven for terrorists, and indeed, evidence suggests terrorists are using the fractured state as an operational hub. Yet Somalia's current links to terrorism are tiny in comparison to the potential problem the country poses. 
May 26, 2006

Audio
Academic Conference Call: The Challenge of Somalia (Audio)
Listen to Bronwyn E. Bruton, international affairs fellow in residence at CFR, discuss her recent Foreign Affairs article, "In the Quicksands of Somalia," with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series. 
November 5, 2009

Essential Documents
UN Security Council Resolution 1851 (Somalia)
Resolution
December 16, 2008

Online Debate
What Role Should the U.S. Play in Somalia?
By Terrence Lyons
A pair of Somalia experts, Terrence Lyons and Sadia Ali Aden, discuss U.S. policy options for the war-torn nation on Africa's Horn. 
May 21, 2007

Audio
Somalia's Second Chance? (Audio)
Listen to Vicki Huddleston, former charge d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Ethiopia, and Terrence Lyons, associate professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University, discuss the potential for Somalia to successfully establish a viable government. 
February 22, 2007

Backgrounder
Somalia's Transitional Government
By Stephanie Hanson
Though international observers had hoped Somalia's transitional federal government would bring stability to the war-torn nation after sixteen years of "failed state" status, by mid-2008 experts said it was fraught by internal divisions.
May 12, 2008

Backgrounder
Somalia's High Stakes Power Struggle
By Eben Kaplan
A group of Islamist courts have seized power across much of Somalia. Many outside observers are anxiously watching—and interfering—as the power struggle plays out between the Islamists and the official government.
August 7, 2006

Op-Ed
Somalia: Finishing an old job while fighting new terrorism
By Lawrence J. Korb
January 20, 2002

Op-Ed
Somalia: Terrorists' Next Stop?
By Lawrence J. Korb
January 7, 2002

Article
Self Induced Stalemate in Somalia: An Assessment of U.S. Policy Option...
By Bronwyn E. Bruton
Bronwyn Bruton considers U.S. - Somalian relations with the world's status quo.
November 12, 2008

Essential Documents
Report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia pursuant to Security Council...
Report
November 1, 2006

Must Read
Better Off Stateless: Somalia Before and After Government Collapse
By Peter Leeson
Peter Leeson, an economist at the University of West Virginia, argues in this paper that Somalis are better off under anarchy than they were under government.

 

Backgrounder
Al-Shabaab
By Stephanie Hanson
A profile of the Islamist militant organization based in southern Somalia.
July 28, 2010

Op-Ed
Bring Back the Kitchen Mamas
By Isobel Coleman
Isobel Coleman argues that local women can play a role in mitigating the corruption that surrounds humanitarian aid in Somalia.
March 17, 2010

Analysis Brief
Proxy War in Africa's Horn
By Stephanie Hanson
A long-simmering Ethiopia-Eritrea border conflict threatens the entire Horn of Africa, as troop deployments and other actions by the two rivals continue to fuel Somalia’s internal power struggle.
December 14, 2006

Analysis Brief
Somali Strife Imperils Africa's Horn
By Eben Kaplan
The conflict between Somalia’s weak interim government and an increasingly powerful Islamist faction simmered all summer. But Ethiopia’s military incursion into the shattered country has raised the stakes.
October 17, 2006

Analysis Brief
Horn of Terror
By Eben Kaplan
For over a decade Somalia has been a fractured state providing refuge for international terrorists. Intense fighting on the streets of Mogadishu in recent weeks has renewed fears that Somalia could pose an even greater regional threat.
May 26, 2006

HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALI REPUBLIC

Kenya: Somali refugees need protection not abuse | Amnesty ...
8 December 2010

Kenya's violations of the human rights of Somali refugees and asylum-seekers are putting thousands of lives at risk.

Report Abstract      

Africa: The human rights situation in Africa
10 November 2010

the Human rights situation in africa: Amnesty International welcomes this opportunity to address the African Commission on Human ...

Document       AFR 01/007/2010

Somalia: Amnesty International's human rights concerns in southern ...
17 October 2010

Amnesty International is concerned at the widespread violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, including war crimes, and the dire humanitarian ...

Document       AFR 52/013/2010

Somalia: Amnesty International condemns direct attacks on ...
24 August 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AFR 52/012/2010. 25 August 2010. Somalia: Amnesty International condemns direct attacks ...

Public Statement       AFR 52/012/2010

UN Human Rights Council Fifteenth Session: Amnesty International...
24 August 2010

Amnesty International submitted these written statements to the fifteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council, which will take place in Geneva from 13 September ...

Document       IOR 41/022/2010

Netherlands: Government must stop imminent deportation of Somalis
26 July 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 35/002/2010. 27 July 2010. Netherlands: Government must stop imminent deportation of Somalis. ...

Public Statement       EUR 35/002/2010

Speak out for Somali journalists | Amnesty International
21 July 2010

Use our phone blogging tool to record an audio message in support of journalists in Somalia, where more than 30 reporters have been killed by armed groups since ...

Action Document      

Journalists under attack in Somalia as government steps up media...
21 July 2010

Amnesty International has called on Somali authorities and armed opposition groups in the country to respect freedom of expression amid a growing government crackdown ...

Report Abstract      

Somalia: Hard news: Journalists' lives in danger in Somalia
21 July 2010

Since February 2007, at least 20 journalists have been killed in Somalia. Faced with the threat of human rights abuses including violations of their rights to life ...

Document       AFR 52/009/2010

Somalia: Getting away with murder: Journalists killed with ...
21 July 2010

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER JOURNALISTS KILLED WITH IMPUNITY IN SOMALIA. Dear Foreign Minister, Somalia remains one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a ...

Postcard       AFR 52/010/2010

Selected Security Council Resolutions

  • S/RES/1918 (27 April 2010) requested a report from the Secretary-General within three months on options to ensure prosecution and imprisonment of persons responsible for piracy off the coast of Somalia.
  • S/RES/1916 (19 March 2010) extended the mandate of the Monitoring Group for another 12 months with the addition of three new members. It also decided that the assets freeze provisions of resolution 1844 would not apply to funds “necessary to ensure the timely delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance in Somalia” and requested the UN humanitarian aid coordinator for Somalia to report to the Council every 120 days.
  • S/RES/1910 (28 January 2010) renewed the authorisation of AMISOM for another 12 months until 31 January 2011andrequested the Secretary-General to report on all aspects of the resolution every four months starting from 1 January.
  • S/RES/1907 (23 December 2009) imposed an arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea.
  • S/RES/1897 (30 November 2009) renewed for 12 months the anti-piracy measures of resolutions 1846 and 1851, which would have expired on 2 December.
  • S/RES/1872  (26 May 2009)  renewed authorisation of AMISOM until 31 January 2010, approved its funding from assessed UN contributions  and requested the Secretary-General to implement the phased approach recommended in his 16 April report.
  • S/RES/1863 (16 January 2009) renewed authorisation of AMISOM for up to six months, endorsed the Secretary-General's proposals to strengthen AMISOM and expressed the Council's intention to establish a UN peacekeeping operation by 1 June.
     
  • S/RES/1862 (14 January 2009) demanded that Eritrea withdraw its forces within five weeks to the positions of the status quo ante in its border dispute with Djibouti.
  • S/RES/1853 (19 December 2008) renewed the mandate of the Monitoring Group tasked with monitoring the sanctions regime for Somalia for 12 months.
  • S/RES/1851 (16 December 2008) expanded the anti-piracy authorisation to include operations on land.  
  • S/RES/1846 (2 December 2008) authorised states and regional organisations to enter Somalia’s territorial waters to combat piracy for a further period of 12 months.
  • S/RES/1844 (20 November 2008) imposed targeted sanctions.
  • S/RES/1838 (7 October 2008) called for intensified action against piracy in Somalia.
  • S/RES/1831 (19 August 2008) renewed authorisation of AMISOM for six months.
  • S/RES/1816 (2 June 2008) authorised action against piracy in Somalia.
  • S/RES/1814 (15 May 2008) inter alia supported the Secretary-General’s phased approach to Somali issues; requested him to establish security arrangements for the relocation of the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) from Nairobi to a location in Somalia; and requested him to continue contingency planning for the deployment of a UN operation to succeed AMISOM.
  • S/RES/1811 (29 April 2008) renewed the mandate of the sanctions Monitoring Group.
  • S/RES/1801 (20 February 2008) renewed the authorisation of AMISOM for six months. 
  • S/RES/1772 (20 August 2007) renewed the authorisation of AMISOM for another six months.
  • S/RES/1766 (23 July 2007) renewed and expanded the Monitoring Group's mandate, threatened action against violators of the arms embargo and reinforced the political dialogue process.
  • S/RES/1744 (20 February 2007) authorised African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM).
  • S/RES/1738 (23 December 2006) condemned intentional attacks against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel, and requested that the Secretary-General include as a sub-item in his next reports on the protection of civilians in armed conflict the issue of the safety and security of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel.
  • S/RES/1732 (21 December 2006) was the resolution adopting the report of the Informal Working Group on General Issues of Sanctions (S/2006/997).
  • S/RES/1730 (19 December 2006) was the resolution establishing new de-listing guidelines for all sanctions committees.
  • S/RES/1725 (6 December 2006) authorised Intergovernmental Authority on Development Peace Support Mission to Somalia (IGASOM).
  • S/RES/1724 (29 November 2006) renewed the Monitoring Group's mandate.
  • S/RES/1676 (10 May 2006) renewed the Monitoring Group's mandate for six months.

  • S/RES/1630 (14 October 2005) renewed the Monitoring Group's mandate.

  • S/RES/1587 (15 March 2005) re-established the Monitoring Group to continue investigating and making recommendations and asked that it refined the draft list and assist the Committee to identify areas where the capacities of states in the region can be strengthened.
  • S/RES/1558 (17 August 2004) re-established the Monitoring Group to continue investigating violations and make recommendations for additional measures.
  • S/RES/1519 (16 December 2003) established the Monitoring Group to be based in Nairobi, Kenya to investigate violations of the arms embargo and make recommendations and prepare a draft list of violators subject to possible future measures by the Council.
  • S/RES/1474 (8 April 2003) re-established the Panel of Experts to investigate violations, make recommendations, prepare a draft list of violators and assess capacities of states in the region to implement the embargo.
  • S/RES/1425 (22 July 2002) elaborated on the scope of the arms embargo; established a Panel of Experts consisting of three members based in Nairobi, Kenya and mandated to investigate violations, assess states capacity, and provide recommendations to strengthen the embargo.
  • S/RES/1407 (3 May 2002) requested a panel of experts.

  • S/RES/1356 (19 June 2001) provided humanitarian and other exemptions to the arms embargo.

  • S/RES/954 (4 November 1994) determined UN Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)'s withdrawal.

  • S/RES/897 (4 February 1994) revised UN Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)'s mandate.

  • S/RES/885 (16 November 1993) established the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the armed attacks on UNOSOM II personnel 5 June 1993.
  • S/RES/837 (6 June 1993) the Council approved an extended application of the mandate under which persons responsible for attacks on UN forces and personnel are held responsible.
  • S/RES/814 (26 March 1993) established UN Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) under Chapter VII.

  • S/RES/794 (3 December 1992) authorised Unified Task Force (UNITAF).

  • S/RES/775 (28 August 1992) expanded and strengthened UNOSOM’s mandate to protect humanitarian convoys and distribution centres.

  • S/RES/751 (24 April 1992) established UN Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I) and a Sanctions Committee.

  • S/RES/746 (17 March 1992) supported the Secretary-General’s proposal to send a technical team to Somalia.

  • S/RES/733 (23 January 1992) imposed an arms embargo.

  • S/RES/421 (9 December 1977) established a sanctions committee to monitor the arms embargo against South Africa.
  • S/RES/418 (4 November 1977) imposed an arms embargo against apartheid South Africa.
  • S/RES/253 (29 May 1968) established the first Council sanctions committee to monitor the implementation of the sanctions measures in Southern Rhodesia.

Selected Presidential Statements

  • S/PRST/2010/16   (25 August 2010) welcomed the Secretary-General's 27 July report on piracy, encouraged the International Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia to continue discussions on possible further steps to ensure that those responsible for acts of piracy .re held accountable and requested the Secretary-General to include in his next report on Somali piracy observations on possible ways to enhance international cooperation.
  • S/PRST/2009/31 (3 December 2009) condemned the 3 December attack in Mogadishu.
  • S/PRST/2009/19 (9 July 2009) reiterated its support for the Djibouti Peace Process and the Transitional Federal Government and expressed concern at foreign support of insurgents.
  • S/PRST/2009/15 (15 May 2009) condemned the renewed fighting by Al-Shabaab and other extremists and demanded an immediate end to the violence. 
  • S/PRST/2008/41 (30 October 2008) condemned suicide bombings in Hargeysa and Bosasso on 29 October.
  • S/PRST/2008/33 (4 September 2008) requested detailed planning on an international stabilisation force and peacekeeping force.
  • S/PRST/2007/49 (19 December 2007) was a presidential statement setting an 8 February deadline for a peacekeeping assessment report.
  • S/PRST/2007/19 (14 June 2007) underscored that the reconciliation congress should be comprehensive and should agree on a roadmap for the remainder of the transitional political process.
  • S/PRST/2007/13 (30 April 2007) requested contingency planning for transition to UN peacekeeping in Somalia.
  • S/PRST/2006/59 (22 December 2006) expressed the Council's concern over intensified fighting and called upon all parties to draw back from conflict.
  • S/PRST/2006/31 (13 July 2006) expressed support for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) and willingness to consider the African Union (AU)'s request for an exemption to the arms embargo to allow for a Peace Support Mission (PSM) on the basis of a detailed mission plan.
  • S/PRST/2006/11 (15 March 2006) commended President Yusuf and Parliamentary Speaker Aden for their efforts towards reconciliation and dialogue. 
  • S/PRST/2005/54 (9 November 2005) urged the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI) to ensure humanitarian access and provide guarantees for the safety and security of aid workers.
  • S/PRST/2005/32 (14 July 2005) urged the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI) to conclude without delay a national security and stabilization plan.
  • S/PRST/2002/8 (28 March 2002) urged along the peace process and underlined the urgency to develop monitoring mechanisms that allowed legitimate financial transactions while preventing the flow of funds to terrorist groups.
  • S/PRST2001/30 (31 October 2001) considered the Secretary-General's report of 11 October and confirmed support for the Arta peace process.
  • S/PRST/1999/31 (12 November 1999) raised concerns about the gross violations of the arms embargo.
  • S/PRST/1999/16 (27 May 1999) raised concerns about the gross violations of the arms embargo.

Reports of Council Missions

  • S/2008/460 (15 July 2008) was the report of the Council mission to Africa.
  • S/2007/421 (11 July 2007) and   S/PV.5717 (16 July 2007) were respectively the report and the record of the Council meeting on its June visit to Africa.
  • S/2007/347 (13 June 2007) contained the terms of reference for the June 2007 Council mission to Africa, including inter alia interest in the national reconciliation process in Somalia and the future role of the UN in the country.
  • S/1994/1245 (3 November 1994)

Selected Secretary-General's Reports

  • S/2010/447 (9 September 2010) was the latest regular report on Somalia.
  • S/2010/394  (26 July 2010) provided options for addressing Somali piracy.
  • S/2010/327  (22 June 2010) was a report on Eritrea’s compliance with resolution 1907.
  • S/2010/234 (11 May 2010)
  • S/2009/684 (8 January 2010)
  • S/2009/590 (13 November 2009) was a report on piracy off the coast of Somalia.
  • S/2009/503 (2 October 2009)
  • S/2009/373 (20 July 2009)
  • S/2009/210 (16 April 2009) was the report requested by resolution 1863 on a possible UN peacekeeping deployment inSomalia.
  • S/2009/146 (16 March 2009) was a report on piracy submitted pursuant to resolution 1846.
  • S/2009/132 (9 March 2009) included contingency planning for a possible UN peacekeeping operation.
  • S/2009/60 (30 January 2009) was the report requested by resolution 1863 on equipment and services to be provided to AMISOM.
  • S/2008/709 (17 November 2008)
  • S/2008/466 (16 July 2008) was a report of the Secretary-General reiterating contingency planning for a possible UN peacekeeping force.
  • S/2008/352 (30 May 2008) was a report on children and armed conflict in Somalia.
  • S/2008/178 (14 March 2008) included an AU request for an $800 million UN support package.
  • A/62/512/Add.6 (26 February 2008) was a Secretary-General’s report to the Fifth Committee outlining UNPOS’ additional resource requirements.
  • S/2007/658 (7 November 2007)
  • S/2007/381 (25 June 2007)
  • S/2007/204  (13 April 2007)
  • S/2007/115 (28 February 2007)
  • S/2006/838 (23 October 2006)
  • S/2006/418 (20 June 2006)
  • S/2006/122 (21 February 2006)
  • S/2005/642 (11 October 2005)
  • S/1994/839 (18 July 1994) was the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia highlighting arms flow to the country.
  • S/24343 (22 July 1992) was on the situation in Somalia and highlighted arms flow to the country.
  • S/23829 (21 April 1992) was on the situation in Somalia and highlighted progress made in implementing the arms embargo.
  • S/23693 and Corr. 1 (11 March 1992) was prepared in response to Security Council request in resolution 733.

Reports of the Sanctions Committee, Panel of Experts and Monitoring Group

  • S/2010/91 (10 March 2010)  was a letter from the Sanctions Committee chair transmitting the latest Monitoring Group report.
  • S/2008/769 (10 December 2008)
  • S/2008/274 (24 April 2008) noted an increase in armed actions between the TFG and opposition groups and found that the arms embargo was having a limited impact on the conflict.
  • S/2007/761 (19 December 2007)
  • S/2007/436 (17 July 2007)
  • S/2007/154 and Annex (14 March 2007)
  • S/2006/913 (21 November 2006) identified ten countries violating the arms embargo.
  • S/2006/229 (4 May 2006) repeated the recommendation for “an integrated arms embargo”.
  • S/2005/625 (22 August 2005) first recommended the “integrated arms embargo.”
  • S/2005/813 (19 December 2005)
  • S/2005/153 (14 February 2005) first specified a draft list of possible targets for secondary sanctions to the Committee.
  • S/2004/1017 (30 December 2004)
  • S/2004/604 (11 August 2004) included recommendations on strengthening the capacity of the arms embargo.
  • S/2003/1216 (31 December 2003)
  • S/2003/1035 (4 November 2003) was the second report of the Panel of Experts.
  • S/2003/223 (25 March 2003) was the first report of the Panel of Experts which specifically identified clear patterns of arms embargo violations.
  • S/2002/1430 (30 December 2002)
  • S/2002/722 (3 July 2002) was the report of the Team of Experts.
  • S/2001/1259 (21 December 2001)
  • S/2000/1226 (14 December 2000)
  • S/1999/1283 (28 December 1999)
  • S/1998/1226 (28 December 1998)
  • S/1997/16 (6 January 1997)
  • S/1996/17 (15 January 1996) was the first report of the Committee and it covered the period from its inception through 31 December 1995.

Selected Letters from the Secretary-General

  • S/2010/451 (25 August 2010)  and  S/2010/452 (26 August 2010)  was the exchange of letters with the Council on the appointment of Jack Lang as the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on legal issues related to piracy off the coast of Somalia.
  • S/2010/357 (1 July 2010) informed the Council of the appointment of six of the eight experts to the Monitoring Group for Somalia and Eritrea, including Matt Bryden as the coordinator.
  • S/2009/569 (3 November 2009) was a letter submitting a report on the activities of EU’s anti-piracy operation Atalanta.
  • S/2009/172 (31 March 2009) informed the Council of the appointment of the fifth expert to the Monitoring Group.
  • S/2009/136 (10 March 2009) informed the Council of the appointment of four experts to the Monitoring Group.
  • S/2008/804  (19 December 2008) outlined additional proposals on how to address security challenges in Somalia.
  • S/2008/378 (10 June 2008) informed the Council of the appointment of the latest Monitoring Group.
  • S/2008/309 (9 May 2008) was the Secretary-General's response to AU’s request for UN assistance to AMISOM.
  • S/2007/762 (27 December 2007) renewed the mandate of UNPOS.
  • S/2007/667 (13 November 2007) informed the Council of the appointment of Charles M. Lengalenga to replace Edwina Thompson who did not assume her functions as an expert for the Monitoring Group.
  • S/2007/575 (28 September 2007) informed the Council of the appointment of the latest Monitoring Group.
  • S/2007/566 (20 September 2007) reported on progress with steps requested in resolution 1772, including strengthening UNPOS.
  • S/2007/522 (27 August 2007) outlined the Secretary-General’s proposals for strengthening UNPOS.
  • S/2006/1042 (28 December 2006) was the letter containing the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Peace Support Mission to Somalia (IGASOM).
  • S/2006/986 (15 December 2006), S/2006/313 (22 May 2006), S/2005/695 (2 November 2005) and S/2005/229(6 April 2005) were letters from the Secretary-General appointing Melvin E. Holt, Jr., Harjit Singh Kelley, Joel Salek and Bruno Schiemsky as experts for the Monitoring Group.
  • S/2005/729 (16 November 2005) and S/2005/730 (21 November 2005) was an exchange of letters renewing the mandate of UNPOS.
  • S/2004/676 (23 August 2004) and S/2004/73 (22 January 2004) informed the Council of the appointment of Melvin E. Holt, Jr., Li Changsheng, John E. Tambi and Joel Salek as experts for the Monitoring Group.
  • S/2003/515 (30 April 2003) informed the Council of the appointment of Edward Howard Johns, Mohamed Abdoulaye M’Backe, Johan Peleman and Pavanjeet Singh Sandhu to the Panel of Experts. 
  • S/2002/951 (22 August 2002)  informed the Council of the appointment of Ernst Jan Hogendoorn, Mohamed Abdoulaye M’Backe and Brynjulf Mugaas to the Panel of Experts.
  • S/2002/575 (23 May 2002) informed the Council of the appointment of  Ian Anthony and Harjit Singh Sandhu as the Team of Experts. 
  • S/26738 (12 November 1993) presented recommendations for United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) following attacks.
  • S/24868 (30 November 1992) recommended that Unified Task Force (UNITAF) be deployed.

Selected Meeting Records

  • S/PV.6408 (21 October 2010) was the communiqué from a private meeting with the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security and others.
  • S/PV.6407 (21 October 2010) was the meeting with the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security.
  • S/PV.6386 (16 September 2010) was the most recent briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative forSomalia.
  • S/PV.6374 (25 August 2010) was a debate on Somali piracy.
  • S/PV.6362 (20 July 2010) was a briefing by the Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs on Eritrea's compliance with resolution 1907.
  • S/PV.6316 (19 May 2010) was a meeting in which the president of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, presented his views on the situation in Somalia and Djibouti’s border dispute with Eritrea.
  • S/PV.6313 (12 May 2010) was the latest briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative.
  • S/PV.6259 (14 January 2010) was a briefing by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.
  • S/PV.6254 (23 December 2009) was the adoption of the Eritrea sanctions resolution with explanations of vote and statements by Djibouti and Somalia.
  • S/PV.6221 (18 November 2009) was a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.
  • S/PV.6197 (8 October 2009) was a debate with briefings by USG B. Lynn Pascoe and the Director of the UN Support Office for AMISOM Craig Boyd.
  • S/PV.6173 (29 July 2009) was a briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.
  • S/PV.6158 (9 July 2009) was an open debate on Somalia with briefings by USGs B. Lynn Pascoe and Susana Malcorra.
  • S/PV.6124 (13 May 2009) was an open meeting on Somalia with briefings by USGs B. Lynn Pascoe, Alain Le Roy and Susana Malcorra.
  • S/PV.6095 (20 March 2009) was an open debate on Somalia.
  • S.PV.6046 (16 December 2008) was an open debate on Somali piracy.
  • S/PV.6020 (20 November 2008) was an open debate on Somalia.
  • S/PV.5942 (23 July 2008) was a briefing by SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.
  • S/PV.5915 (18 June 2008) was a briefing by the Council mission to Africa.
  • S/PV.5858 (20 March 2008) was a briefing by SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.
  • S/PV.5837 (15 February 2008) was an AU briefing to the Council.
  • S/PV.5805 (17 December 2007) was a Council briefing by SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.
  • S/PV.5792 (6 December 2007) was a Council briefing by Under Secretary-General John Holmes on his visit to Ethiopia,Sudan and Somalia.
  • S/PV.5677 (21 May 2007) was a briefing by Under Secretary-General John Holmes.
     
  • S/PV.3039 (23 January 1992) was the Council meeting adopting resolution 733.

Other Documents

  • SC/10065 (21 October 2010) was a Council press statement taking note of the decisions on Somalia at the 15 October meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council.
  • A/HRC/15/48 (16 September 2010) was a report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Shamsul Bari.
  • SC/10019 (31 August 2010) was a Council press statement condemning the attack against the presidential palace inMogadishu on 30 August.
  • SC/10012 (24 August 2010) was a Council press statement condemning the attacks against a hotel in Mogadishu for which the Islamist rebel group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility.
  • SC/9988 (20 July 2010) was a Council press statement on the review of paragraph 5 of resolution 1916.
  • SC/9980 (12 July 2010) was a Council press statement on the 11 July Kampala bombings.
  • S/2010/372 (12 July 2010) was a letter from the chair of the Sanctions Committee transmitting to the Council the report of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia on the implementation of paragraphs 4 and 5 of resolution 1916 and on impediments to the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Somalia.
  • S/2010/361 (7 July 2010) was a letter from the mission of Ethiopia conveying the communiqué of the 15th Extraordinary Summit Meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.
  • S/2010/350 (30 June 2010) was a letter from Eritrea welcoming the Secretary-General’s 22 June report on Eritrea and confirming its support for the Istanbul declaration on Somalia.
  • S/2010/272 (27 May 2010) was a letter from Turkey transmitting a copy of the outcome document of the Istanbul Conference on Somalia.
  • S/2010/225 (3 May 2010) was a letter from the chair of the Sanctions Committee transmitting a letter from Eritrea on the situation on the Horn of Africa.
  • SC/9904 (12 April 2010) was a press release from the Sanctions Committee announcing its first designations of individuals and entities for targeted sanctions under resolution 1844.
  • S/2010/116 (8 March 2010) was a letter from Eritrea transmitting a copy of a letter to the Secretary-General from a campaign organised by the Organisation of Eritrean Americans calling for the annulment of sanctions against it.
  • A/HRC/13/65 (8 March 2010) was a report by the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Shamsul Bari.
  • S/2010/69 (4 February 2010) was a letter from Eritrea denouncing a 1 February communiqué from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development welcoming resolution 1907.
  • S/2010/59 (28 January 2010) was a letter from Eritrea criticising US policy in the Horn of Africa region.
  • S/2010/14 (7 January 2010) was a letter from the chairman of the Somalia Sanctions Committee transmitting its 2009 report to the Council President.
  • S/2009/666 (23 December 2009) was  a letter from Eritrea protesting against resolution 1907 which imposed sanctions against it.
  • SC/9813 (11 December 2009) was a press release from the Somalia Sanctions Committee concerning threats against the Monitoring Group.
  • SC/9790 (16 November 2009) was a Council press statement noting that the targeted sanctions imposed by resolution 1844 should remain in place. 
  • A/HRC/12/44 (17 September 2009) was the report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia.
  • S/2009/461 (15 September 2009) was  a letter from the AU transmitting to the Council a declaration adopted at the AU Special Session on the Consideration and Resolution of Conflicts in Africa held in Tripoli on 30 and 31 August.
  • S/2009/376 (20 July 2009) was a letter from Ethiopia submitting an IGAD communiqué of 10 July.
  • SC/9685 (19 June 2009) was a Council press statement condemning the suicide bombing that killed the Somali Minister for National Security.
  • S/2009/312 (16 June 2009) was a letter from Eritrea reaffirming its rejection of accusations that it had supplied arms to any party in Somalia.
  • S/2009/260 (20 May 2009) was a letter from Ethiopia submitting the IGAD communiqué of 20 May.
  • S/2009/256 (19 May 2009) was a letter from Eritrea rejecting accusations that it had supplied arms to groups opposing the TFG.
  • S/2009/213 (17 April 2009) was a letter from Eritrea transmitting a press statement on Somalia issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea on 10 April 2009.
  • SC/9621 (20 March 2009) was a Council press statement welcoming political progress in Somalia and condemning attacks on AMISOM.
  • SC/9600 (25 February 2009) was a Council press statement condemning the 22 February attack on AMISOM.
  • S/2009/80 (4 February 2009) was a letter from the US informing the Council about the first meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia.
  • SC/9588 (3 February 2009) was a Council press statement welcoming the election of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as the new president of Somalia.
  • SC/9508 (20 November 2008) was a Council press statement calling for implementation of the Djibouti Agreement.
  • SC/9388 (8 July 2008) was a Council press statement condemning the assassination of UNDP's Ali Osman Ahmed.
  • S/2008/370 (6 June 2008) was a letter from the Permanent Representative of Uganda to the president of the Security Council dismissing allegations from the Monitoring Group’s 24 April Report that Ugandan personnel sold arms to insurgents. 
  • S/2008/271 (23 April 2008) was a letter from Spain on piracy issues.
  • A/62/7/Add.37 (24 March 2008) was a report of the ACABQ on the Secretary-General’s proposals for UNPOS.
  • S/2007/444 (18 July 2007) was a communiqué by the AU Peace and Security Council on the situation in Somalia.
  • DP/DCP/SOM/1/Rev.1 (2 July 2007) was the draft UNDP country programme document for Somalia (2008-2009).
  • SG/SM/10968 SC/9010 (30 April 2007) Ban Ki-moon’s speech to the Symposium on Enhancing the Implementation of Security Council Sanctions.
  • SC/8947 (2 February 2007) signalled support for African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) and an all-inclusive reconciliation.
  • S/2006/486  (6 July 2006) was the letter including the EU statement on the agreement between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
  • SC/2006/442  (29 June 2006) was the letter from the Arab League on the first meeting between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) on 22 June.
  • SC/8735 (31 May 2006) urged a ceasefire and compliance with the arms embargo.
  • SC/8722 (16 May 2006) expressed support for the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI) and the intention to strengthen the arms embargo.
  • S/2006/166 (15 March 2006) was a letter from Austria transmitting the European Union (EU)'s statement on the opening session of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) reiterating EU political, moral and material support for the TFI.
  • S/2006/14 (11 January 2006) was a letter from Somalia transmitting the Aden Declaration announcing that a parliamentary session would be held inside the country within thirty days.
  • SC/7849 (20 August 2003) was a press release reminding states of their obligations regarding the arms embargo and seeking cooperation of the OAU and IGAD.
  • SCA/1/02(09) (7 June 2002) was the note verbale to all states reminding them of their obligations to implement the arms embargo, and seeking the assistance of neighbouring states.
  • SC/7417 (29 May 2002) was the Committee’s press release on the note verbale sent to states and letters sent to the OAU and IGAD.
  • S/2000/809 (21 August 2000) was the Brahimi Report.
  • SC/6823 (13 March 2000) was the press release of the Committee in which it indicated its intention to send letters to all member states to remind them of their obligations to ensure strict implementation of the embargo; also on its decision to send letters to the OAU and IGAD seeking their cooperation; and endorsement of proposal to undertake a fact-finding mission by the Chairman to neighbouring states.
  • S/1995/234 (29 March 1995) was the note by the president of the Council formally establishing annual reports by, and improving the transparency of, all sanctions committees.
  • SC/5960 SOM/62 (5 December 1994) was the press release by which the Committee issued an appeal to individuals, national and international organisations for information on embargo violations.
  • S/1994/1245 (3 November 1994) was the report of the Security Council Mission to Somalia on 26 and 27 October 1994.
  • S/1994/1194 (21 October 1994) was the Note by the President of the Council naming the members of the mission toSomalia on 26 and 27 October 1994.
  • S/1994/653 (1 June 1994) was the report of the Commission of Inquiry established to investigate armed attacks on UMOSOM II personnel on 5 June 1993.
  • SC/5554 SOM/10 (10 February 1993) was the press release expressing the Committee’s concern with the lack of receipt of information from states.
  • S/23445 (20 January 1992) was the letter from the Charge d’affaires of Somalia, Fatun Mohamed Hassan, requesting a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Somalia.
     
  • SC/9203 (17 December 2007) was a press statement on SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah’s briefing.

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