United Nations Security Council Resolution 1725

UN Security Council
Resolution 1725
UN Security Council; Resolution 1725
Date	6 December 2006
Meeting no.	5,579
Code	S/RES/1725 (Document)
Subject	The situation in Somalia
Voting summary	15 voted for; None voted against; None abstained;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China; France; Russia; United Kingdom; United States;
Non-permanent members	Argentina; Rep. of the Congo; Denmark; Ghana; Greece; Japan; Peru; Qatar; Slovakia; Tanzania;

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1725, adopted unanimously on December 6, 2006, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in Somalia, particularly resolutions 733 (1992), 1356 (2001) and 1425 (2002), the Council authorised the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and African Union to establish a protection and training mission in the country.^[1]

The resolution was implemented in 2007.^[2] States that bordered Somalia would not deploy troops to the IGAD-African Union mission.^[3]

^ "Security Council approves African protection, training mission in Somalia". United Nations. December 6, 2006.
^ Shay, Shaul (2010). Somalia Between Jihad and Restoration. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4128-1497-3.
^ Samatar, Abdi Ismail (2007). "Continuity in US Foreign Policy in Africa: Antithesis of Freedom & Democracy". Review of African Political Economy. 34 (114). Taylor & Francis Ltd. JSTOR i20406443.