PSC/PR/COMM.(CCCVI)
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COMMUNIQUÉ
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 306th meeting held
on 5 January 2012, adopted the following decision on the situation in Somalia:
Council:
1.
Notes the recommendations made by the meeting of the Ministers of Defence of the
Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and
other interested countries, held in Addis Ababa on 4 January 2012, regarding the Strategic
Concept for future AMISOM operations [CDS‐Min Def/TCCs/AMISOM.REC(I)], as well as the
statements made by the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, representatives of the
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, Uganda, as AMISOM TCC, the Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary‐General for Somalia, Denmark, as co‐Chair
of the AU Partner Group, Italy, as co‐Chair of the IGAD Partner Forum, and the European
Union (EU);
2.
Recalls its earlier communiqués on the situation in Somalia, in particular
communiqué PSC/PR/COMM.3(CCLVIII), adopted at its 258th meeting held on 20 January
2011, in which it decided to renew the mandate of AMISOM for an additional period of 12
months. Council also recalls its communiqué PSC/PR/COMM(CCCII) and press statement
PSC/PR/BR.(CCCV) issued at its 302nd and 305th meetings held on 2 and 22 December 2011,
respectively, on the draft Strategic Concept for future operations;
3.
Endorses the Strategic Concept for future AMISOM operations as a planning tool for
enhancing the strength of AMISOM and furthering the gains made on the ground, as
reviewed and recommended by the Ministers of Defence of the TCCs to AMISOM and other
interested countries, including:
(i)
the increase of the level of UN‐supported AMISOM uniformed personnel from
12,000 to 17,731, including 5,700 from the Djiboutian contingent and the re‐
hatted Kenyan troops, as well as AMISOM police component,
(ii) the deployment by Burundi and Uganda of additional troops to reach the
currently UN‐authorized strength of 12,000, with the understanding that the
utilization of these additional troops will be determined on the basis of the
needs in the main liberated areas,
(iii) the insertion of AMISOM troops in areas liberated with the support of Ethiopia,
in view of the urgency of the stated intent of Ethiopia to withdraw from those
areas,
(iv) the extension of AMISOM’s area of responsibility by fast tracking the insertion
of AMISOM troops in all the liberated areas,
(v) the provision of the required force enablers and multipliers, as well as logistical
support to other components of AMISOM, and