This resolution authorises AUSSOM to continue its essential role in strengthening stability and security in Somalia: UK Explanation of Vote at the UN Security Council
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Archie Young, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Somalia.
The United Kingdom welcomes the unanimous adoption of this resolution, which authorises the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission to continue its essential role in strengthening stability and security in Somalia with the support of the United Nations through UNSOS.
We thank all Council members for their constructive approach to the negotiations on this text.
Today’s adoption follows the recent extension of the Al-Shabaab sanctions regime.
Taken together, these decisions demonstrate the Council’s continued determination to support Somalia in its fight against Al-Shabaab.
The resolution we have adopted today is clear-eyed about the challenges of the underfunding of AUSSOM and UNSOS’s liquidity shortfall.
This mandate, therefore, creates a process to enable an informed review of the logistical support provided by the UN.
We look forward to working closely with Council members on this in June.
Somalia has made enormous progress since the Security Council first authorised the deployment of AMISOM in 2007.
To ensure its support to Somalia remains targeted and effective, the Council’s decision-making must continue to be informed by a comprehensive understanding of the national context into which AUSSOM is deployed.
Finally, I pay tribute to the brave personnel of AUSSOM and its predecessors who paid the ultimate price in support of these missions, alongside the many Somali forces and civilians who have lost their lives in the fight against terrorism in Somalia.