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UNSC Members Unanimously Lifted Arms Embargo on Somalia
UNSC Members Unanimously Lifted Arms Embargo on Somalia
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The United Nations Security Council has voted in favor of lifting an arms embargo on Somalia on Friday. 02.12.2023, Sputnik Africa
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The draft resolution has received 15 votes in favor.The resolution states that the Security Council is "highlighting its decision in this resolution to fully lift the arms embargo on the Federal Republic of Somalia…".The document further notes to better clarify that "for the avoidance of doubt, that there is no arms embargo on the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia."The Russian Deputy Permanent Representative Anna Evstigneeva welcomed the decision of the Council and said that: "Russia has consistently spoken in favor of review of temporary sanctions regimes in the states of Africa, as they impede the development of international law enforcement and security agencies."Al-Shabaab* is a Somalia-based jihadist militant group linked to al-Qaeda* terrorist group. It wages armed resistance against the Somali government and obstructs UN humanitarian missions in the country.* Terrorist organizations banned in Russia and many other states
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UNSC Members Unanimously Lifted Arms Embargo on Somalia
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The United Nations Security Council has voted in favor of lifting an arms embargo on Somalia on Friday.
The draft resolution has received 15 votes in favor.
The resolution states that the
Security Council is "highlighting its decision in this resolution to fully lift the arms embargo on the Federal Republic of Somalia…".
The document further notes to better clarify that "for the avoidance of doubt, that there is no arms embargo on the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia."
The Russian Deputy Permanent Representative Anna Evstigneeva welcomed the decision of the Council and said that: "Russia has consistently spoken in favor of review of temporary sanctions regimes in the states of Africa, as they impede the development of international law enforcement and security agencies."
Al-Shabaab* is a Somalia-based jihadist militant group linked to al-Qaeda* terrorist group. It wages armed resistance against the Somali government and obstructs UN humanitarian missions in the country.
* Terrorist organizations banned in Russia and many other states
