A/HRC/24/40 110. The Security Council should reaffirm the need to promptly develop and implement a strategy for the protection of civilians across United Nations and United Nations-mandated presence in Somalia. It is important that such strategy is not understood as only a military process but reflects political, capacity-building and institution-building as well as humanitarian dimensions. 111. Despite efforts made by the Federal Government of Somalia, there are still reports of widespread sexual violence in Mogadishu and in other parts of Somalia. Monitoring of and reporting on the phenomenon remains extremely difficult and dangerous for victims, witnesses and all other stakeholders. The United Nations should consider establishing, in consultation with the Government, a Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Arrangement in Somalia, in order to advise on appropriate responses by all concerned actors. 112. In the context of the creation of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) with a revamped human rights mandate, the UNSOM Human Rights Section should undertake a proactive role in helping the efforts made by the Federal Government to build the right infrastructures in the country for the promotion and protection of human rights. With respect to the area of rule of law and security institutions, the new Mission should support the Government’s priority objectives of transforming and building the security and justice institutions of Somalia. 6. For the international community 113. Since there is a more committed and popular Government in Mogadishu now, it would be prudent for the international community to provide it with the support it genuinely needs to re-establish Somalia as a normal, cohesive and stable State. The opportunity to break the back of the insurgents is clearly in sight. This can best be achieved if popular backing for the Government and its efforts is enhanced through, among other things, specific support to the Government’s human rights road map. States and other donors may wish to select specific areas likely to be articulated in the road map for priority support and implementation. Somalia should not be allowed to slip back to lawlessness and chaos. 21

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