If the current chemicals used for Al-Shabaab's homemade explosives become scarce, the group would shift to other sources of explosive materials or precursors, possibly through illicit smuggling, the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia said during a 9 June videoconference meeting*.
During an informal discussion on 29 April, he said the United Nations Mine Action Service delivered a briefing on improvised explosive device trends in Somalia, with recommendations on the implementation of the newly imposed components ban.
All Committee members welcomed the resumed cooperation and collaboration between the Federal Government and the Panel and looked forward to the return of all Panel members to Somalia once the coronavirus travel restrictions were lifted.
He then summarized statistics pertaining to arms embargo exemption requests and notifications, explaining that the Committee approved an exemption request pursuant to paragraphs 10 and 13 of resolution 2498 (2019) submitted by the Federal Government of Somalia.
The Committee received six advance delivery notifications pursuant to paragraphs 11 and 13 of the same resolution from the Federal Government of Somalia, as well as an advance delivery notification from the supplying Member State pursuant to paragraphs 11 and 14 of the resolution.
