A UN committee aimed at improving the implementation of a UN Security Council arms embargo on Somalia has requested countries that have knowledge of violations to inform it, since the committee itself does not have any effective monitoring mechanism. The committee viewed the efficacy of the arms embargo as “more necessary than ever” to underline “the firm commitment of the international commitment to establishing a lasting peace in Somalia”, and was considering a number of proposals for action, but it relied “solely on the cooperation of states and organisations in a position to provide information on violations” for its intelligence, a letter from outgoing committee chairman Jassim Mohammed Buallay to the Security Council stated.
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