By the authority of UN Security Council 1725, the member states of IGAD and the African Union (AU) are enchartered to conduct a peacekeeping mission to Somalia. Originally dubbed IGASOM, the mission would seek to put UN-sanctioned peacekeepers in the country for the first time since the 1992-1995 missions (UNOSOM I, UNITAF, and UNOSOM II).
By the authority of UN Security Council 1725, member states of IGAD and AU are entrusted to conduct a peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The initiative, initially referred to as IGASOM, would involve deploying UN-sanctioned peacekeepers into the country for the first time since the 1992-1995 operations (UNOSOM I, UNITAF, and UNOSOM II).