Security Council Resolution 2408 (2018) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Assistance Mission in Somalia (Unsom) Until 31 Mar. 2019]

S/RES/2408 (2018)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 84 The situation in Somalia, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2016–2019

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2461 (2019)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2019	S/RES/2461 (2019)	Security Council resolution 2461 (2019) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 Mar. 2020]	—	—
2018	S/RES/2408 (2018)	Security Council resolution 2408 (2018) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 Mar. 2019]	—	—
2017	S/RES/2358 (2017)	Security Council resolution 2358 (2017) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 Mar. 2018]	—	—
2016	S/RES/2275 (2016)	Security Council resolution 2275 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 Mar. 2017]	—	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

12 reports · 2017–2020

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2020	S/2020/398	Situation in Somalia report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2461 (2019)
2020	S/2020/121	Situation in Somalia report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2461 (2019)
2019	S/2019/884	Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia	S/RES/2461 (2019)
2019	S/2019/661	Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia	S/RES/2461 (2019)
2019	S/2019/393	Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia	S/RES/2461 (2019)

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Human Rights Internal Security Security Sector Reform Somalia Somalia Situation Special Missions

What’s in this document?

29 operative paragraphs

UNSOM

Decides to extend until 31 March 2019 UNSOM’s mandate as set out in paragraph 1 of resolution 2158 (2014);

Requests UNSOM to implement its mandate at both the national and regional level, including through strengthening further and maintaining its presence in all Federal Member States including in Galmudug and its administrative capital Dhusamareb, subject to United Nations security requirements and as the security situation allows, in order to provide strategic policy advice on the Somali Government-led inclusive political process, reconciliation, peacebuilding, state-building, including the review of the Provisional Federal Constitution, their preparations for the 2020/21 elections, security sector reform and implementation of the Transition Plan;

Underscores the importance of UNSOM’s support to the Somali-Government-led inclusive political process, including the provision of United Nations good offices functions to support the Federal Government of Somalia’s peace and reconciliation process, in particular with regard to the consolidation of the state formation, mediation, prevention and resolution of conflicts, and constitutional review processes, resource and revenue sharing, improved accountability of Somali institutions especially on anti-corruption issues, strengthening the rule of law, including the development of an effective federal political system, and a federal justice system, and implementation of the new policing model in line with the Comprehensive Approach to Security;

Further underscores the importance of UNSOM’s support to the Federal Government of Somalia on preparations for the delivery of an inclusive, credible and transparent one person, one vote elections in 2020/2021 with a focus on the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) at national and sub-national level to fulfil its constitutional mandate, in line with the Somali-led Operational Strategic Plan for 2017–2021, the goal of nationwide voter registration by 2019, and coordination of international electoral support to Somalia;

Encourages UNSOM to enhance its interaction with Somali civil society at national and regional level, including women, youth including through the Youth Council and the Youth Caucus, business and religious leaders, and to help ensure that the views of civil society are incorporated into the various Somali-led, inclusive political processes;

Requests UNSOM to provide strategic advice to accelerate implementation of the Comprehensive Approach to Security, including facilitating more effective coordination of international partners’ efforts to support the Security Pact, priorities of the Transition Plan, National Security Architecture implementation and the New Partnership for Somalia;

Requests UNSOM, in coordination with international partners, to continue to support the Federal Government of Somalia’s efforts to implement Somalia’s National Strategy and Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in order to strengthen Somalia’s capacity to prevent and counter terrorism, consistent with its international obligations, relevant Security Council resolutions and implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy;

Requests UNSOM to support system-wide implementation of the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP) across all United Nations support to AMISOM and the Somali security sector;

Welcomes the strong relationship between UNSOM, UNSOS the United Nations Country Team and AMISOM, and underlines the importance of all entities continuing to strengthen the relationship further at all levels, including through the Senior Leadership Coordination Forum;

Requests UNSOM to continue to implement its mandate in an integrated manner, and welcomes the Secretary-General’s efforts to strengthen strategic integration and decision-making across the UN system within respective mandates, including with consideration of the role of women and youth;

Somalia

Welcomes the commitment of the Federal Government of Somalia, in accordance with the rule of law, to continue to make progress on inclusive transparent and accountable state-building and federalism through the next phase of the constitutional review process, including allocation of powers, resource and revenue sharing, the development of a political system, and Federal Justice and Corrections Model signed on 24 January 2018, further welcomes the commitment of the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States to work closely together through the National Security Council mechanism, and with the Parliament on these issues, building on the existing work on the constitutional review, and encourages dialogue with civil society and the Somali public, including the integration of women and youth in this regard;

Emphasises the importance of reconciliation, including inter and intra-clan reconciliation, across the country as the basis of a long-term approach to stability, and urges the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States to pursue reconciliation talks at local, regional and national level, including a resumption of the dialogue with “Somaliland”;

Welcomes the commitments of the Federal Government of Somalia to one person, one vote elections in 2020/2021, the launch of the National Independent Electoral Commission strategic plan and the commitment to develop and approve an electoral law setting out the legislative framework by the end of 2018, recalls PRST/2017/3 in which the Security Council called for active steps to lay the foundation for elections in four years, and stresses the importance in this regard of the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal Member States reaching agreement on the system of representation, decisions on voter registration, institutional development of the NIEC and development and adoption of the Electoral law in 2018;

Reaffirms the important role of women and youth in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and in peacebuilding, stresses the importance of their full, equal and effective participation in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security, notes that women are not adequately represented in governmental organisations at regional and national level and urges the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal Member States to continue to promote increased representation of women at all decision-making levels in Somali institutions;

Welcomes the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States’ commitment to security sector reform, in particular the historic political agreement Somalia’s leaders reached on 16 April 2017 to integrate regional and federal forces into a coherent National Security Architecture capable of gradually taking on lead responsibility for providing inclusive security, welcomes the integration of Puntland security forces into the Somali National Army, the establishment and meetings of the National Security Council and National Security Office, the completion of the national operational readiness assessment, as an essential element for the right-sizing and reform of the Somali Security Forces, and the commitment to undertake regional operational readiness assessments as soon as possible;

Welcomes the development of a realistic conditions-based Transition Plan with clear target dates agreed by the Federal Government of Somalia, Federal Member States and international partners and formalised on 4 December 2017 at the Security Conference in Mogadishu;

Underlines the importance of swift implementation of the National Security Architecture in order to develop Somali-led security institutions and forces, both military and civilian, that are capable, affordable, acceptable and accountable with the ability to provide security and protection to the people of Somalia, in particular to deliver effective security and protection for women, children and persons in vulnerable situations, as part of a comprehensive approach to security, and emphasises the vital importance of the rule of law and civilian oversight of security forces complying with international humanitarian law and human rights law as applicable, in particular with respect to ending and preventing recruitment, re-recruitment and the use of children in armed conflict;

Welcomes the launch of Somalia’s National Strategy and Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, the development of Federal Member States action plans, and calls upon Somalia to become party to the international counter-terrorism conventions and protocols;

Welcomes commitments by international partners to provide additional and more effective support, including more standardised and more coordinated delivery of mentoring, training, equipment, capacity-building, and remuneration of police and military forces consistent with the Security Pact agreed at the London Somalia Conference and in line with a realistic conditions-based transition plan with clear target dates;

Calls on international partners to strengthen coordination in order to harmonise donor support to the Somali security sector, and requests UNSOM to continue to assist the Federal Government of Somalia in coordinating international donor support to Somalia’s security sector in compliance with HRDDP, including through coordination and advice to the comprehensive approach to security structure;

Welcomes the progress made by the Federal Government of Somalia to meet the requirements of the ongoing IMF Staff Monitored Programme, encourages the Federal Government of Somalia to continue to fulfil its commitments to sound, transparent and accountable financial management including revenue mobilisation, resource allocation, budget execution, and anti-corruption measures, as set out in the New Partnership for Somalia, and requests UNSOM to continue to work with partners to provide support and strategic policy advice to achieve this in order to lay the foundations for inclusive and transparent elections, bolster the Government’s ability to deliver services, attract investment, and help advance Somalia along the path towards normalisation with International Financial Institutions and debt relief;

Expresses concern about all violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights including by Al-Shabaab and affiliates linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh) and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, calls on all parties to comply immediately with their obligations under international law and to fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law to take all feasible precautions to avoid or, in any event minimise civilian deaths and casualties;

Welcomes the establishment of the National Human Rights Commission, and encourages the Federal Government of Somalia to approve the appointment of the Commissioners, and implement fully the Action Plan of its Human Rights Roadmap, including by implementing legislation aimed at protecting human rights and investigating and prosecuting perpetrators of crimes involving violations or abuses of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law, and conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence;

Underlines the importance of respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians, especially women and children, by all parties to the conflict in Somalia;

Reiterates its continued concern at the high number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), including persons newly displaced by the drought, expressing its serious concern at the ongoing forced evictions of IDPs in Somalia, stresses that any eviction should be consistent with relevant national and international frameworks, calls upon the Federal Government of Somalia and all relevant actors to strive to provide concrete durable solutions for internal displacement, and further calls upon the Federal Government of Somalia and all relevant actors to strive to create the conditions conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of refugees and IDPs with the support of the international community;

Expresses grave concern at the worsening humanitarian crisis and renewed risk of famine in Somalia and its impact on the people of Somalia, commends the efforts of the United Nations humanitarian agencies and their humanitarian partners in preventing famine in 2017, encourages all partners and donors to maintain humanitarian efforts in 2018, condemns any misuse or obstruction of humanitarian assistance, reiterates its demand that all parties allow and facilitate full, safe, rapid and unhindered access for the timely delivery of aid to persons in need across Somalia in line with the humanitarian principles, including by dismantling illegal checkpoints and removing administrative hurdles, underlines the importance of proper accounting in international humanitarian support, and encourages national disaster management agencies in Somalia to scale-up capacity with support from the United Nations to take a stronger coordination and leadership role;

Strongly condemns all violations and abuses committed against children in armed conflict in Somalia, calls upon the Federal Government of Somalia to implement fully the Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989, and the Action Plans signed in 2012, the recently adopted Somali National Army Command Order on the Protection of Children’s Rights before, during and after operations and the Standard Operation Procedures on the handover of children, and underscores the need to strengthen the legal and operational framework for the protection of children, including by ratification of or accession to its Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council regularly informed on the implementation of this resolution, identify and report on progress towards achieving key political benchmarks, including through oral updates and no fewer than three written reports, with the first written report by 1 May 2018 and every 120 days thereafter;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.