United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) Facilitates Political Settlement and Provides Humanitarian Assistance
The Security Council decided to establish under its authority a United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), by adopting resolution 751 (1992) on 24 April 1992. The mission's objective is to facilitate an immediate cease-fire throughout the country, in order to promote the process of reconciliation and political settlement in Somalia and provide urgently needed humanitarian assistance.
A Somali mother and two children waiting for food at a UNICEF/Swede Relief feeding centre in Mogadishu.