Resolution nº S/RES/2385 (2017) of the United Nations Security Council

• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/ 2385 (2 017)

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

14 N ovember 2017

17-2021 0 (E)

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Resolution 2385 (2017)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 8099 th mee ting, on

14 November 2 017

The S ecurity Council ,

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

situa tion in So malia and Eritrea, in particu lar re solution s 733 (199 2), 1844 (2008) ,

1907 (2 009), 2036 (20 12), 2023 (2011) , 20 93 (2013), 2111 (20 13), 212 4 ( 2013),

2125 (2013), 2142 ( 2014), 21 82 (2014 ), 2244 ( 2015) a nd 2317 (2016) ,

Taking note of the final reports of the Somalia and Eritr ea Mo nitoring Gro up

(the SEMG ) on S omalia (S/2 017/ 924 ) an d Eritr ea (S/2 017 /925 ) a nd thei r

conc lusions on the s ituation s in bo th Soma lia and Eritrea,

Reaf firm ing its resp ect for the sovereig nty, terri torial i ntegrit y, pol itical

inde pendenc e and uni ty o f So malia, Dj ibouti an d Er itrea res pectivel y, and

unde rscoring the import ance of wor king to pre vent d estabili zing effects of regional

crise s and di sputes from spi lling ov er into Somalia ,

Cond emn ing any flo ws of weapons and am munition su pplies to and thro ugh

Soma lia in vi olation o f th e ar ms embar go on So malia, in cluding when they

unde rmine the soverei gnty and t erritori al integ rity of So malia, a nd to Eritr ea in

viol ation of the ar ms emba rgo on E ritrea, as a se rious t hreat to peace and stab ility i n

the r egion,

Expre ssing concer n th at Al -Shabaab con tinues to pose a s erious threa t to the

peac e and sta bility of Som alia a nd th e reg ion, and expr essing con cern a t the

emer gence of , and gr owing t hreat of, affilia tes of I SIL (also known a s Da’es h),

Reaf firm ing the need to combat by all means, in a ccordan ce wi th th e Cha rter

of the Uni ted N ations and int ernation al la w, i ncluding appl icable inter nationa l

huma n rights law, int ernation al refuge e law, and inter national humanit arian la w,

thre ats to in ternatio nal pea ce and s ecurity caused by terro rist act s,

Welcomi ng the fu rther i mproved relati onship between the Federal Govern ment

of Somali a (FG S), F ederal Membe r Sta tes ( FMS), and the S EMG, and underl inin g

the im portanc e of these re lationsh ips impro ving furt her and str engtheni ng in the

futur e,

Welcomi ng the FGS and F MS’s po litical agree ment r eached on 16 Apr il 20 17

on a N ational S ecurity Ar chitec ture to in tegrate re gional a nd federal forces, t he