United Nations Security Council Resolution 1676

Observations

The Security Council urged Somalia leaders to continue political dialogue and for the Transitional Federal Government to continue to establish governance over the country. It condemned the illegal flow of weapons into and through Somalia in violation of the arms embargo and acts of piracy off the Somali coast, calling for improvements to be made to the monitoring of the embargo and urging states to enforce the restrictions.

Acts

Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council stressed that all countries should comply with the embargo and announced it would consider further actions to ensure compliance. The Secretary-General Kofi Annan was asked to re-establish a monitoring group to monitor the implementation of the arms embargo against Somalia, update lists on those violating the sanctions, to co-operate with a Committee established in Resolution 751 (1992), make recommendations based on its findings and suggest ways of improving the capacity of regional states to implement the embargo. The committee was also asked to make recommendations on ways of improving the effectiveness of the embargo.

Finally, the committee was requested to consider a visit to Somalia to demonstrate the council's determination to enforce the arms embargo.

References

References

1. (May 10, 2006). "Security Council requests Secretary-General to re-establish monitoring group on Somalia". United Nations.
2. (26 June 2006). "Sanctioning Somalia".