Resolution nº S/RES/2687 (2023) of the United Nations Security Council

• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/ 2687 (2 023)

Security Council

Distr. : Gener al

27 J une 2023

23-12448 (E)

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Resolution 2687 (2023)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 93 59th meeting, on

27 June 2023

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 ,

Reaf firm ing it s f ull respec t for the sover eignty, terr itorial int egrity, polit ical

inde pendenc e and un ity of S omalia,

Reca llin g that th e Gov ernment of Soma lia ha s pr imary resp onsibili ty for

ensu ring secu rity with in Somal ia, and r ecognisi ng the Go vernmen t of Soma lia’s

requ est fo r con tinued intern ational supp ort to ena ble it to achiev e pro gressive ly it s

aim o f a sec ure, sta ble, pea ceful, u nited an d democ ratic co untry,

Comm end ing the con tributi on t o p eace and securi ty in Somalia mad e by th e

Afric an Un ion Mi ssion i n Soma lia (A MISOM) and i ts suc cessor, the Afri can Un ion

Trans ition Mis sion in So malia (ATMIS ), since th e beginni ng of oper ations in S omalia

16 y ears ago ,

Comm end ing all th ose wh o have serve d in AMI SOM a nd ATMIS w ith ho nour,

and pa ying trib ute to thos e who gav e their live s in the pur suit of the mandates of these

Miss ions ,

Expre ssin g gr ave con cern th at the te rrorist group Al -Shaba ab conti nues to pose

a serious thr eat t o the pea ce, security and stabi lity of S omalia and the region , an d

noti ng its in creased use of Improvi sed Expl osive D evices ( IEDs),

Expre ssin g grav e concern at th e continue d p resence i n S omalia of aff iliates

link ed to IS IL/Da’e sh,

Cond emn ing in th e s trongest po ssible ter ms terroris t a ttacks in Som alia and

neig hbouring stat es, e xpressin g dee p co ncern at th e lo ss of civil ian l ife f rom t hese

attac ks, and the risk to inte rnationa l forces as dem onstrate d by the attacks on ATMIS

base s ope rated and staffed by Burund ian an d Ug andan person nel i n May 202 2 and

May 2 023 respe ctively, re iteratin g its dete rminatio n to supp ort compr ehensiv e efforts

to redu ce the thre at posed by Al- Shabaab , a nd urging S omalia’s le aders to wo rk

toge ther on the figh t agains t terror ism,

Cond emn ing in t he str ongest terms all a ttacks, provo cations and incitem ent to

viol ence again st ATMIS pe rsonnel, a nd United Na tions and ass ociated pe rsonnel,

calli ng o n all par ties to r espect fully thei r obl igations und er in ternatio nal law, a nd