Closure of UNPOS
The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) completed its Security Council mandate on 3 June 2013. The United Nations continues to provide support to the Somalia Federal Government's peace and reconciliation efforts through the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), established by Security Council resolution 2101 (2013).
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14 Dec
2009
After the US-operated container vessel, Maersk Alabama, is seized off the coast of Somalia--about 400 miles (645km) east of Mogadishu--by Somali pirates, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces a four-point plan to combat piracy which includes working with international partners at an upcoming International Conference in Brussels on support to Somali security institutions and AMISOM.