
London to boost funds for peacekeepers in Somalia
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The government said Friday it would contribute an additional 10 million pounds (14.4 million dollars) in support of African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia as the Somali foreign minister pressed the UN to lift its arms embargo.
Britain's UN Ambassador John Sawers told a Security Council meeting on Somalia that London would give the additional funds this month to the UN trust fund for the AU mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
"This is in addition to the five million pounds that we have already given directly to the African Union for AMISOM," Sawers said. "We encourage others also to contribute."
Newly-appointed Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar asked the AU to deploy three additional battalions of Ugandan and Burundian troops to beef up its mission.
"This needs to be undertaken immediately with improved equipment, logistics and medical facilities," he added...more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090320/wl_uk_afp/somaliaunrestun_20090320173251
Security Council press statement on Somalia
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VDUX-7QBT58?OpenDocument
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