United Nations Security Council resolution 751 is a

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adopted unanimously on 24 April 1992, after reaffirming resolutions

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(1992) and

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(1992) and considering a report by the Secretary-General

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on the ongoing civil war in

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. The council established a

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with an immediate deployment of 50 observers in the capital

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to monitor the

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. The Council went on to establish, in principle, a security force under the direction of the newly created post, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia, and requested further consultations on the proposed force. It also asked the Secretary-General to facilitate an immediate cessation of hostilities and an observance of a ceasefire throughout the country to promote the process of reconciliation and to provide

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. The resolution also welcomed the efforts of the

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and

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in Somalia and called for a conference with the aforementioned, the Secretary-General and factions in Somalia. Resolution 751 also established a Committee of the Security Council to oversee a general and complete arms embargo against Somalia, including seeking information from individual states on measures taken by them and making recommendations on improving the effectiveness of the embargo and with states that violate it. It ended by calling for co-operation at all levels to find a peaceful settlement in the country. The embargo has been varied by Security Council resolutions over the years to allow journalists to import

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s and helmets for their personal use and for the

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to establish an armed presence. A Panel of Experts to investigate the lack of success of the arms embargo was set up in 2002. Its report resulted in the establishment of a Monitoring Group. The Monitoring Group report detailed numerous shipments of arms, sometimes with the help of pirates or sourced from government stockpiles in nearby countries. Donor money has been found to have funded the imports. In 2008, the embargo was in relation to nations and the

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providing technical assistance to Somalia upon their request to enhance the capacity to ensure coastal and maritime security, including combating piracy off the Somali coast.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 1992 0751 1992 in Somalia United Nations Security Council sanctions regimes 0751 April 1992 events

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