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AU AND IGAD FULL REPORT ON SOMALIA May 13, 2005
Report of the chairperson of the Commision on the outcomes of the fact-finding/reconnaissance mission to Somalia and the Igad military planning meetings
I. INTRODUCTION
1. The 22nd meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC), held on 5 January 2005, accepted in principle the deployment of an AU Peace Support Mission (AU PSM) in Somalia, based on the conclusions of the Nairobi experts meeting that took place on 15 and 16 December 2004 to support the Transitional Federal Institutions, and its previous decisions. The meeting further requested the Commission to submit to it recommendations on the mandate, size, structure, tasks and funding requirements for such a Mission. In pursuance of the request of the PSC, the Commission dispatched a Fact-Finding/Reconnaissance Mission to Somalia, from 14 to 26 February 2005.
2. This report provides an overview of both the outcomes of the Fact- Finding/Reconnaissance Mission and the political, security and socio-economic situation in Somalia, as mainly informed by the Mission's consultations, visits and observations during its stay in the country, as well as the arrangements made thus far for the deployment of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Peace Support Mission in Somalia (IGASOM), as authorised by the 24th meeting of the PSC, held on 7 February 2005.
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