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purposes of mentoring and
capacity building.
Directs full and urgent
deployment in all AMISOM
Sectors of operations especially
in the Gedo region in order to
enhance the efficiency of
AMISOM operations and
consolidate security gains across
Somalia.
Recalls the recommendations of
the 2015 Joint AU-UN
Benchmarking Mission on
Somalia relating to a gradual
shift to policing, including to
strengthen the rule of law, at the
right time and the subsequent
2015 CONOPs, which calls for
an imminent draw-down of
AMISOM military strength to
allow for an increase in
AMISOM policing activities and
based on the current security
assessment in Somalia decides
for an immediate suspension of
the implementation of this
recommendation and further
directs the AU Commission with
other relevant stakeholders to
undertake a comprehensive
review of AMISOM mandate and
CONOPs.
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Notes with serious concern the
decision by the EU to reduce
financial support to AMISOM
troop allowance by 20%
especially during this critical
phase of AMISOM operations
and decides to call upon the UN
to utilize assessed contributions
to bridge this financial gap either
through the UNSOS logistical
support package or directly to the
AU within the framework of
Chapter VIII of the UN Charter
and relevant constituent
instruments, bearing in mind that
AMISOM is acting on behalf of
the United Nations Security
Council (UNSC), whose primary
responsibility is the promotion of
international peace and security.
The Summit further reiterates the
earlier AU position that the UN
fully support AMISOM at levels
commensurate with similar UN
peace enforcement missions or
consider timely modalities for a
transition from AMISOM to a
UN mission failing which, the
AU would have to reconsider the
AMISOM mission.
Emphasises the need to
undertake a review of immediate
requirements for AMISOM and
SNSF operational effectiveness