NEW YORK – The Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution regarding a request by the African Union (AU) to revise the operational timelines for the drawdown of the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).
The draft text in blue also extends the authorization for AU member states to deploy uniformed personnel in the country to carry out ATMIS’ mandated tasks until 30 June 2024. The draft text was authored by the UK, the penholder on Somalia.
The Security Council is also expected to vote on a UK-authored draft resolution renewing the 751 Al-Shabaab sanctions regime until 1 December.
It seems that the penholder proposed a short technical rollover of the sanctions regime to allow time for further deliberations on its renewal.
The short one-page draft text in blue renews the provisions contained in resolution 2662 of 17 November 2022, which last renewed the sanctions regime until 15 November.
(The term “technical rollover” is commonly used by diplomats to describe a concise resolution extending a peace operation’s mandate without altering its core mandate or tasks, usually for a shorter period than is customary.)
