MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – United Nations Security Council voted Wednesday to renew the mandate of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis), a peacekeeping force first deployed in the country in 2007.
According to a statement issued by the UK at the United Nations, all UN members unanimously approved to extend the mandate of the mission in the country.
The resolution extended ATMIS for six months, till June 30, 2024.
Resolution 2710, which won the unanimous support of the 15-member council, authorizes African Union member states to deploy up to 17,626 uniformed personnel to ATMIS till Dec. 31, 2023, and to complete the phase 2 drawdown of 3,000 personnel by this date, a three-month pause as requested by the Somali government.
It authorizes 14,626 uniformed personnel from Jan. 1, 2024, till June 30, 2024, and to complete the phase 3 drawdown of 4,000 ATMIS personnel by the latter date.
Resolution 2710 requests the federal government of Somalia and the African Union to conduct a joint technical assessment by March 31, 2024, to evaluate the phase 2 drawdown and identify lessons to inform planning for the remaining phases of the ATMIS drawdown.
It requests an update by April 30, 2024, on preparations for the phase 3 drawdown, setting out a clear plan and timescale for phase 3 drawdown.
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