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| Last Updated: Apr 3, 2012 - 2:47:55 AM |
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Somalia:President Sharif asks for arms embargo to be lifted
31 Jan 31, 2012 - 2:33:15 AM
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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA Jan 31 2012 (Garowe Online) – The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has asked the UN to lift the arms embargo so the TFG could strengthen their forces, Radio Garowe reports.
President Sharif who spoke at the 17th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa said, “I’m asking the UN and the AU to remove the arms embargo so we can strengthen our TFG forces.”
The President also asked for the UN and AU to help the TFG implement the signed Mogadishu Road map.
The arms embargo on Somalia is an open ended arms embargo which was imposed by UN Security Council in 1992 after the previous government fell.
In December 2006 the Security Council partially lifted the ban on Somalia and then in November 2008 amended the arms embargo to only target bodies that have violated the arms embargo within Somalia.
GAROWE ONLINE
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