Security Council members noted during an
informal meeting on Somalia today that arms were still getting into the
country "in flagrant violation of the resolution imposing an embargo,"
Council President Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom told
journalists afterwards.
The Council wished to make public how
much it condemned this, he added, and called on those responsible to stop.
The matter is to be taken up by the Council's sanctions committee, he said.
The Council heard a briefing by Assistant Secretary-General for Political
Affairs, Ibrahima Fall, who reported on efforts to bring a peace initiative
by the President of Djibouti to fruition.
The briefing also highlighted the current humanitarian situation in Somalia, according to the spokesman for the Secretary-General, who said the UN is concerned that a million people in Somalia are at risk of food insecurity and 600,000 may now require food aid.
Under other business, the Council was issuing a note on its own affairs, especially summing up agreement on how it could conduct itself more transparently in the future and bring more business into open session, Ambassador Greenstock said.