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  1. “Its continued support and understanding, particularly in view of the difficult situation in Somalia, is highly appreciated.”

    2009-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6197 (2009) · source

  2. “Mission and Force Headquarters. The tragic attacks of 17 September demonstrated that UNSOA and AMISOM. are now better coordinated and are working increasingly well together. I would also like to express appreciation to the Government of Kenya for the full support and cooperation it has extended to UNSOA. In addition to the support provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the customs authorities and other Government agencies, the Kenyan Government recently made available 10 acres of land adjacent to Mombasa airport for the establishment of a logistics support base. Work is under way to conclude the agreement with the Kenyan Government and begin work at the new site. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to the Council for its support of UNSOA.”

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  3. “military personnel to assist in delivering essential United Nations support services, until the security situation allows more effective use of United Nations contractors and civilian staff. In conclusion, I would like to salute AMISOM for the commitment and resilience of its personnel, particularly the troops from Burundi and Uganda. Despite constant and extreme threats, they continue to resolutely perform their mandated tasks. Again, I express my condolences to the families of the deceased, and note that the supreme sacrifice made by those 17 soldiers reminds us of the very real urgency of providing timely and adequate support to the AMISOM forces in Mogadishu. I would also like to report that, in providing the support to AMISOM. as mandated by this Council, UNSOA maintains very close working relationships with the AMISOM.”

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  4. “Three were subjected to mortar attacks in Mogadishu harbour, and one was the target of an unsuccessful pirate attack. In addition, on 17 September and immediately following the two vehicle-borne suicide attacks, four AMISOM. soldiers from Uganda lost their lives during a mortar attack on the UNSOA- established centralized food-handling setup. The Department of Field Support is fully committed to supporting AMISOM, but Mogadishu is a particularly challenging environment, and continued attacks against AMISOM. facilities and United Nations- contracted ships will impact and potentially slow our capacity to deliver the mandated support package. In recent months, limited numbers of UNSOA international staff have visited most of the AMISOM sites for short periods. UNSOA will maximize the use of AMISOM.”

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  5. “to formally specify and define the support arrangements and mutual responsibilities for the delivery of the United Nations package. Arrangements with the United Nations Office in Nairobi for the provision of office accommodation are now complete, and UNSOA has recently occupied offices in a new, prefabricated complex Within the United Nations compound. By the end of October, the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) will co-locate in buildings adjoining UNSOA. Finally, an agreement with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia has also been developed to allow both UNSOA and UNPOS to conduct their work in the country, and that document is awaiting final approval and signature. Each of the four maritime vessels that have transported UNSOA consignments to AMISOM. has been attacked.”

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  6. “Through the prompt arrangement of flights, ambulances and hospitalization it was possible to evacuate most of the critically injured to higher-level medical facilities in Nairobi within less than eight hours of the attacks. The remaining seriously injured and the deceased were transported promptly the next morning to Nairobi and their respective home countries. On this tragic subject, I would like to acknowledge and extend our appreciation for the assistance that France provided by assigning an aircraft to assist with the medical evacuation operation. Allow me also to express my sincere condolences to the families of the AMISOM soldiers who lost their lives during these attacks. Further to the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding with the African Union on 12 July, support implementation agreements are being finalized with AMISOM.”

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  7. “In addition, most consignments are normally preceded by training, in Entebbe or Mombasa, to prepare AMISOM. troops to operate and maintain the United Nations-owned equipment, as well as to instruct the troops on United Nations accountability and stock-control procedures. To implement those supply arrangements in a timely manner, UNSOA has leased a commercial property in Mombasa to function as a temporary logistics depot, while work is proceeding to prepare the site that the Government of Kenya has kindly granted for United Nations use. In the immediate aftermath of the 17 September suicide attacks, UNSOA was well placed to respond rapidly to the call for assistance.”

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  8. “I wish to acknowledge and extend our appreciation to the international Maritime Task Force, especially Operation Atalanta, for the escort and security assistance offered to those activities. Since mid-August, United Nations-owned equipment worth $7 million has been consigned to Mogadishu on those vessels. Those consignments included communications and radio broadcast equipment, field defence stores, critical medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, airport fire-fighting capacities, prefabricated buildings, generators, armoured vehicles and a range of engineering equipment intended to assist AMISOM. in improving its security and living conditions. Each of these consignments has been conducted in a scheduled manner so as to ensure that valuable equipment is not merely stockpiled in Mogadishu but has a planned and immediate use.”

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  9. “In addition to transferring the life-support supplies to United Nations arrangements, we have made some progress in establishing other United Nations-provided services. A strategic communications network has been established that now links the AMISOM. Force Headquarters in Mogadishu with AMISOM. Mission Headquarters and the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM. (UNSOA) in Nairobi. This network provides AMISOM. with a relatively secure communications link, which for the first time since the Force was deployed to Mogadishu is no longer reliant on Somali-based commercial providers. Maritime vessels have been contracted to provide sea freight services between Mombasa and Mogadishu, with four voyages having been successfully completed in the last two months.”

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  10. “United Nations contracts are already in place with various hospitals in Nairobi. Construction services contracts for mission headquarters, a level II medical facility and the erection of prefabricated structures for offices, accommodations and ablutions and sanitation systems should be approved shortly. Members of the Council will recall that the interim life-support supplies for AMISOM. were originally supplied by a Member State and its vendor. Much of that effort was focused on providing the services I have just mentioned - food, fuel and medical services. As the United Nations support arrangements come into effect, we are progressively phasing down the support being received from the Member State and its vendor.”

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  11. “The General Assembly approved funding of $139 million in June 2009 and the Department of Field Support, through the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM. (UNSOA), has now initiated the delivery of the support package. In late August, AMISOM. troops in Mogadishu commenced consuming United Nations-provided fresh food. The contractor provides the food in Mombasa, Kenya, and UNSOA then arranges for the regular shipment of the consignments to Mogadishu, where it is stored in a centralized refrigerated facility before being issued to the contingent kitchens on a once- or twice-daily basis. A fuel contract has been awarded and the Somalia-based vendor will commence delivery shortly. Procurement action for aero-medical evacuation services is almost complete and the contract will be awarded by the end of October.”

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  12. “We wish to thank the donors for their valuable contributions and also to state that we would greatly welcome any additional pledges that would ensure the sustainability of this support. The current military strength of AMISOM. in Mogadishu stands at about 5,200 troops, or 65 per cent of the full mandated force of 8,000 soldiers. Burundi and Uganda have each deployed three battalions, and both countries have also offered to provide an additional - or fourth - battalion. These increases, together with the offer of Djibouti to contribute a special forces unit of 4,000, will bring AMISOM. very close to its full mandated strength. I would like to take this opportunity to brief the Council on the key achievements and the progress in the provision of the United Nations support package.”

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  13. “This represents 80 per cent of total pledges, and discussions are under way to finalize the remainder of the pending contributions. Furthermore, the African Union and AMISOM have in recent days finalized the strategic governance mechanism that is necessary to ensure the adequate management and assignment of the available funds to designated priorities. Consequently, we anticipate that expenditure from the Trust Fund will commence shortly. AMISOM. has determined that the initial priorities will focus on reimbursement for contingent- owned equipment that is of a non-lethal nature, implementation of a public information and radio broadcasting capability in Mogadishu, and the payment of medical services costs that were incurred prior to the delivery of the United Nations logistics support package.”

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  14. “and the Government of Somalia, and the implementation of the United Nations support package to AMISOM. that is funded through assessed contributions. Building on the success of the Somalia donors conference held in Brussels in April, steps are being taken to finalize all of the confirmed pledges, which in total amount to approximately $200 million. As previously reported, a critical gap remains between the confirmed pledges and the actual donor disbursements. Therefore, a follow-up meeting to the donors conference will be organized for tomorrow, 9 October, to finalize contributions against the pledges made in Brussels in April. Regarding the Trust Fund for AMISOM, we are pleased to advise that contributions now stand at almost $25 million, up from the $15 million dollars reported to the Council in July.”

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  15. “Mr. Boyd: I have the honour to brief the Council on behalf of Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra, who is regrettably unable to participate, due to illness. Please accept her sincerest apologies. Resolution 1863 (2009), adopted in January, endorsed the Secretary-General's proposed strategy for Somalia, including the provision of a United Nations support package for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the strengthening of Somalia's security sector. The need for the continuation of this approach and the provision of logistics support was further reinforced by this Council in its resolution 1872 (2009). This support continues to be provided in an integrated manner, which combines voluntary contributions to United Nations trust funds, ongoing direct bilateral support to AMISOM.”

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