Ban says Somalia may need "coalition of the willing"

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Source: Reuters

Ban says Somalia may need "coalition of the willing"

By Patrick Worsnip
Fri Apr 20, 4:55 PM ET

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A "coalition of the willing" may be
needed to enforce peace in Somalia, where U.S. peacekeepers
came to grief in the 1990s, United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon says in a new report.

In a report to the Security Council made available on Friday,
Ban called on the 15-nation body to consider in June whether
a conventional U.N. peacekeeping force could succeed in the
lawless East African country or something more was needed.

Ban said a U.N. force might work if fighting stopped in south-
central Somalia and all or most armed groups and communities
signed up to an agreement allowing for outside monitoring.

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But if the political process fails and violence gets worse,
"alternative options, including peace enforcement, should be
considered," he said.

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