Security Council sanctions committee on Somalia to visit region next month

The United Nations Security Council’s committee charged with keeping an eye on an arms embargo against Somalia will visit the area next month.

The visit by the Somalia Sanctions Committee had been postponed by its Chairman, Ambassador Stefan Tafrov of Bulgaria, but is now rescheduled for 11 to 21 November.

The group is slated to visit Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Italy, Kenya, Yemen and Somalia, “provided that the security situation permits it,” said a news release by the Council today.