Resolution 1863 (2009) / adopted by the Security Council at its 6068th meeting, on 16 January 2009

Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) [on renewal of the authorization of member States of the African Union to maintain the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)]

Welcomes the decision of the African Union that the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will remain in Somalia until 16 Mar. 2009, and requests the African Union to maintain AMISOM's deployment in Somalia and to reinforce that deployment to help achieve AMISOM's originally mandated troop strength of 8,000 troops; decides to renew for up to 6 months from the date of this resolution the authorization of Member States of the African Union to maintain a mission in Somalia; expresses its intent to establish a UN Peacekeeping Operation in Somalia as a follow-on force to AMISOM, subject to a further decision of the Security Council by 1 June 2009; requests the Secretary-General to submit a report for a UN Peacekeeping Operation by 15 Apr. 2009; further requests the Secretary-General in this report to develop recommendations on the mandate of such a UN Peacekeeping Operation; requests the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund to provide financial support to AMISOM until a UN Peacekeeping Operation is deployed and to assist in the reestablishment, training and retention of all-inclusive Somali security forces; requests the Secretary-General, through his Special Representative for Somalia, to coordinate all activities of the UN system in Somalia; demands that all States in the region refrain from any action that might exacerbate instability in Somalia or the Horn of Africa region; requests the Secretary-General to advise urgently on the implementation of his plans to assist the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) in developing and coordinating, through his Special Representative for Somalia, a coherent strategy and package for command and control, training and equipment to build Somalia's joint Transitional Security Forces and Police.

Adopted unanimously, 6068th meeting

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Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2008-31 July 2009 - S/INF/64 - (SCOR, 63rd year).