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SomaliaUN Documents - Security Council Report. S/RES/2036 (22 February 2012) authorised an increase in AMISOM’s troop ceiling as well as an expansion of its UN support package and imposed a ban on importing charcoal from Somalia. S/RES/2023 (5 December 2011) condemned Eritrea's violations of resolution 1907, 1862 and 1844, called on it to cease all efforts to destabilise other states, including through support for the Islamist rebel group Al Shabaab, and imposed new measures to prevent Eritrea from using the diaspora tax or revenues from its mining sector to commit further violations. S/RES/2020 (22 November 2011) renewed for a period of 12 months the anti-piracy measures of resolution 1950. S/RES/2015 (24 October 2011) called for additional measures to strengthen prosecution of Somali pirates and requested a report from the Secretary-General within 90 days.

S/RES/1972 (17 March 2011) extended for 16 months the exemption to the assets-freeze provision of the Somalia sanctions regime. SomaliaReport. Somalia: Selection of Delegates and Constitutional Ratification Delayed | Somalia Newsroom. As the mandate for Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is set to expire on August 20, 2012, the international community is working urgently with elders and community leaders in the Technical Selection Committee (TSC) to select the delegates that will in turn select the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), which will have the power to ratify the draft constitution. Peter de Clercq, the Deputy Special Representative for Somalia for the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), posted a blog entry today indicating the process is inching forward after working with the TSC during a recent visit to Mogadishu.

Similarly, Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Muhammad Ali Gas stated earlier this week, “Everything will be implemented as planned.” However, today sources said that the planned meeting at the Police College in Mogadishu for the TSC to present the names of 850 people to comprise the NCA has been postponed due to “technical reasons.” No ID Cards, Controversial Clauses. A-Z Gov-Directory. {*style:<b> </b>*}{*style:<b> </b>*} :::Tubta.org, Somali Peace Line Official Website::