United Nations Radio

Acknowledging instability in Somalia U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the US has been a large supporter of the efforts of the African Union to control the level of violence in the country.

She says the U.S. supports a UN peacekeeping force in Somalia but doubts whether U.S. personnel would participate in such a force.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

"We cannot get into a situation in which there a security vacuum is left in Somalia and all the good work of Djibouti is undone and we go back to two years ago prior to the Ethiopian offensive. That would not be a good circumstance to find ourselves in. And I really don't imagine American forces being a part of a peacekeeping operation. American forces are pretty busy these days."

The question of the peacekeeping force in Somalia remains up in the air as some member states have questioned whether there is a peace to keep in Somalia.

Gail Walker, UN Radio

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