A/HRC/18/48 the international community urgently contribute the necessary funds to the Transitional Federal Government and the United Nations to avert further disaster. 112. The independent expert commends the decision of the Government of Kenya to keep its borders open for Somali refugees to seek asylum on its territory. Equally commendable is its decision to allow the extension of the Dadaab refugee camps to accommodate more Somali refugees. The independent expert urges the international community to provide Kenya with assistance to compensate local communities for the extra burden that they have to bear in this regard. 113. United Nations agencies and their international partners should integrate the relevant universal periodic review recommendations in their planning and programming, and provide the Government of Somalia with the technical and financial support in the implementation of the recommendations. 114. The United Nations and the international community, together with the African Union, should ensure appropriate funding to speed up the establishment of a civilian casualty tracking system and a fire direction centre within AMISOM so that these mechanisms can be set up as soon as possible. 115. The efforts of UNICEF and its partners to support the implementation of programmes aimed at preventing the recruitment of children by armed groups and forces, and the reintegration of children previously associated with armed groups and forces, must be fully supported by the international community. 116. Member States should consider taking part in supporting the Prime Minister’s vision of opening one school and one hospital a month. One way of doing so could be for individual States to sponsor one or more such schools and hospitals. 117. The African Union and the United Nations should strengthen cooperation on issues relating to protection of civilians and ensure that the effectiveness of the their joint working group to serve as a mechanism for coordination in this key area is promptly reinforced. 118. The UNPOS human rights unit, which is crucial to the promotion and protection of human rights in Somalia and for coordination among all United Nations agencies on human rights issues, has suffered from frequent staff turnover in the past three years. Utmost attention must be paid to ensure staff stability in the unit in order to avoid work and planning disruptions. 119. The recent withdrawal of Al-Shabaab from Mogadishu makes the international community’s engagement with the Transitional Federal Government even more important at this critical time. There is now an added need for greater international presence in Mogadishu to prevent any vacuum that could undermine the capital’s stability and allow it once again to descend into warlordism. Most importantly, the international community should consider deploying an international protection force to facilitate the work of the United Nations and other international actors in Mogadishu. 20

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