Progress Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the Situation in Somalia/AMISOM

Abstract

The UN Security Council further requested that the report on AMISOM should include a focus on the following areas: joint operations in support of the Transition Plan, including the use and effectiveness of coordination mechanisms; performance issues, including command and control and conduct and discipline; measures taken to protect civilians; equipment provision; and a reconfiguration plan on locations for draw down determined by a threat assessment of AMISOM. In this context, the present progress report covers the period from June to August 2019 and provides an update on the situation in Somalia since the renewal of AMISOM mandate and authority by the AU PSC and the UN Security Council on 9 and 31 May 2019