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Somalia: Peacekeeping Operations

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has held with her counterparts in African Union nations on supplying troops to the peacekeeping mission in Somalia. (122864)

Our officials in several African Union (AU) states have been in touch with their host Governments over possible troop contributions to the AU Mission in Somalia.

We welcome the unanimous adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1744, sponsored by the UK, on 20 February 2007, which authorises the mission.