Resolution urges UN Somalia force

                   
aljazeera.net     May 16, 2008            

Somalis have lived in chaos since the removal of Siad Barre, the last president, in 1991 [AFP] The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a UN political presence in Somalia for the first time in years. The resolution, passed on Thursday, urged the UN to move its... [read full story]                

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Communique of the 123rd Meeting of Peace and Security Council

hiiraan.com     May 13, 2008          

At its 123rd meeting held on 29 April 2008, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) adopted the following decision on the situation in Council 1. Takes note of the Information Note on the situation in Somalia [PSC/PR/2(CXXII)] and the statement made by the Special Representative...                

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Communique of the 123rd Meeting of Peace and Security Council on Somalia

hiiraan.com     May 13, 2008          

Takes note of the Information Note on the situation in Somalia [PSC/PR/2(CXXII)] and the statement made by the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission for Somalia, as well as the statements made by the representatives of Somalia and Kenya, in its capacity as the current Chair...                

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Somalia: Armed Groups Must End Threats and Attacks on Humanitarian Workers

allafrica.com     May 13, 2008          

Posted to the web 13 May 2008 Amnesty International today condemned the recent threats against humanitarian workers in Somalia made by Muqtar Robow Abu Mansur, a leader and spokesperson of Al-Shabab. Al-Shabab is an armed group, once connected to the Islamic Courts Union, which is now in conflict...                

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Armed Groups Must End Threats and Attacks on Humanitarian Workers

allafrica.com     May 13, 2008          

Posted to the web 13 May 2008 Amnesty International today condemned the recent threats against humanitarian workers in Somalia made by Muqtar Robow Abu Mansur, a leader and spokesperson of Al-Shabab. Al-Shabab is an armed group, once connected to the Islamic Courts Union, which is now in conflict...                

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Somalia - Hidden Catastrophe, Hidden Agenda

mathaba.net     May 14, 2008          

Crucially, 'our leaders' front a political system that has an overwhelming advantage in high-tech military power. They are all too willing to use this power to convulse countries with bloodshed when doing so supports their lucrative version of economic 'order'. Iraq is the obvious example -...                

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Policy failures in Somalia conflict

hiiraan.com     May 15, 2008          

Somalia has been in a state of hopeless conflict for many years (Somali refugees speak of horrific war crimes, May 7). The current US-led war on terror approach is creating a space in which extremist groups such as al-Shabab have become legitimate political actors,                

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Council backs stronger UN presence in Somalia

alertnet.org     May 15, 2008          

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday that opens the door to a stronger U.N. presence in Somalia and possible deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in the lawless Horn of Africa country. Somalia's transitional...                

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Security Council planning for UN peacekeepers in Somalia

iht.com     May 16, 2008          

The Security Council on Thursday set conditions for a U.N. takeover of peacekeeping in Somalia from the overstretched African Union and urged the United Nations to move its Somalia political office from Kenya into the conflict-wracked nation. The British-sponsored resolution was changed at the...                

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UN Security Council Supports Possible Peacekeepers for Somalia

voanews.com     May 16, 2008          

Besheer report - Listen (MP3) The U.N. Security Council has passed a resolution that could pave the way for a possible U.N. peacekeeping force in Somalia. Diplomats welcomed Thursday's resolution, which calls on the U.N. secretariat to continue contingency plans for the possible deployment of a...                

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Security Council wants UN peacekeepers in Somalia

examiner.com     May 16, 2008          

May 15, 2008 8:27 PM (11 mins ago) By EDITH M. LEDERER, AP » 11 mins ago: Security Council wants UN peacekeepers in Somalia « ) - The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling for a U.N. political presence in conflict-wracked Somalia for the first time in years and...                

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