Resolution nº S/RES/2297 (2016) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2016
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/ 2297 (2 016)

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

7 Ju ly 2016

16-11665 (E)

*1611665*

Resolution 2297 (2016)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 7731 st mee ting, on

7 July 20 16

The S ecurity Counci l,

Reca llin g all its p revious r esolutio ns and state ments of its Pr esident o n the

situa tion in Somalia ,

Unde rlin ing its respe ct for the s overeig nty, t erritori al inte grity, po litical

inde pendenc e, and u nity of Somalia,

Cond emn ing r ecent Al S habaab a ttacks in Somalia and be yond, exp ressing

serio us conce rn at the on going thr eat posed by Al Shabaa b, and un der linin g it s

conc ern that Al Shaba ab conti nues to hold te rritory and ex tort rev enue in Somalia ,

Expre ssin g ou trage at the los s of civi lian life , in Al S habaab a ttacks, and

payi ng tri bute to t he br avery and sacrific es ma de b y the Africa n Uni on Mi ssion in

Soma lia ( AMISOM ) and the Soma li S ecurity Forc es pe rsonnel in the fight agai nst

Al S habaab,

Reit erating its dete rminatio n to sup port efforts to reduc e th e th reat posed by

Al Shab aab in So malia, a nd under lini ng it s commit ment to su pport an i nclusive

Soma li-le d politi cal peac e and r econcili ation pr ocess,

Expre ssing gra ve concern at the cont inued vio lations an d abuses of h uman

right s and v iolation s of int ernation al huma nitaria n law i n Somali a,

Welcomi ng the posi tive contrib utions that the UN Sup port Office in Soma lia

(UNS OS) has made to su pportin g t he gains made by AMI SOM and th e

UN Assi stance Missio n in Somal ia (U NSOM), and under sco ring t he imp ortance of

an effect ive partner ship betwee n th e U nited Nation s, t he Af rican Union (AU ) and

Memb er Stat es in So malia,

Reco gniz ing t hat t he Fe deral Gov ernment of So malia (FGS ) has a

respo nsibili ty to p rotect its citi zens an d build its ow n natio nal sec urity f orces,

noti ng that the se forc es sho uld be inclusiv e and represen tative of Soma lia and act in

full comp liance with thei r oblig ations u nder int ernation al huma nitarian law and

inter nationa l human rights l aw, and reaffirmi ng the inte nt of in ternatio nal part ners to

supp ort the FGS in a chievi ng this,