Wednesday, March 14, 2012

UN intends to establish Somalia peacekeeping force

The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing its intention to establish a U.N. peacekeeping force in Somalia, but putting off a decision for several months in order to assess the volatile situation in the Horn of Africa nation.

The resolution adopted by the council renewed the mandate of the African Union force, known as AMISOM, that is currently deployed in Somalia for six months. It urged African nations to beef up its troop strength from the current 2,600 to the 8,000 originally authorized.

It expressed the council's "intent to establish a United Nations Peacekeeping Operation in Somalia as a follow-on force to …

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