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15.
URGES AU Member States to provide the necessary military and police
personnel to enable AMISOM to reach its authorized strength, PAYS TRIBUTE
to AMISOM and the Troop Contributing Countries, namely: Burundi and
Uganda; REQUESTS Member States which have promised to provide troops for
AMISOM to honour these promises as soon as possible and EXPRESSES
GRATITUDE to all the Member States and partners providing support to
AMISOM;
16.
CALLS ON the United Nations Security Council, in line with the AU PSC and
IGAD communiqués, to take immediate measures, including the imposition of a
no-fly zone and blockade of sea ports, to prevent the entry of foreign elements
into Somalia, as well as flights and shipments carrying weapons and
ammunitions to armed groups inside Somalia which are carrying out attacks
against the TFG, the civilian population and AMISOM, and also to impose
sanctions against all those foreign actors, both within and outside the region,
especially Eritrea, providing support to the armed groups engaged in
destabilization activities in Somalia, attacks against the TFG, the civilian
population and AMISOM, as well as against the Somali individuals and entities
working towards undermining the peace and reconciliation efforts and regional
stability;*
17.
TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Commission on the border crisis between
Djibouti and Eritrea, as well as the negative evolution of the crisis, as described
to the Assembly, EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN at the total absence of
progress regarding the implementation by Eritrea of the successive decisions
taken at the 11th and 12th Ordinary Sessions of the Assembly, held respectively
in July 2008 and February 2009, as well as resolution 1862 of the UN Security
Council regarding the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea. The
Assembly, once again, RE-AFFIRMS its different decisions and resolutions
mentioned above and URGES Eritrea to urgently and fully comply with the
repeated demands of the AU and the international community on the border
crisis between Eritrea and Djibouti;
18.
EXPRESSES ITS SERIOUS CONCERN at the mounting insecurity in the
maritime spaces around Africa, and Somalia in particular, and STRONGLY
CONDEMNS all illegal activities in these regions, including piracy, illegal fishing
and dumping of toxic waste. The Assembly WELCOMES the initiatives
undertaken by the Commission to develop a comprehensive and coherent
strategy to combat these scourges and REQUESTS it to submit reports thereon
to the competent organs of the African Union, on a regular basis;
Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009