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Africa Horn
UN Security Council approves Somalia peacekeepers
2007-02-21
The U.N. Security Council authorized an African Union peacekeeping mission for Somalia for six months on Tuesday as mortar attacks pounded the capital and the northeast African country spiraled further into chaos.
Further?
The resolution, adopted unanimously by the 15-member body, gave African Union troops the go-ahead to take military action if needed to provide government, infrastructure and humanitarian security, and to train Somali security forces. The council also asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to investigate a possible U.N. peacekeeping operation after the African Union deployment and to report back within 60 days with recommendations for further U.N. involvement in Somalia.

"The deployment of the African Union is a start," South Africa's U.N. Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo told the council. "We hope this signals the international community, through the Security Council, will also in the coming months be able to deploy to help the Somali people help rebuild their country."
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