UNSOM was created by means of
United Nations Security Council resolution 2102, adopted unanimously on 3 June 2013. Under that resolution, it was charged with: • Providing good offices in support of Somalia's peace and reconciliation process • Providing the Somali government and AMISOM with strategic policy advice on peacebuilding and statebuilding. • Assisting the government in coordinating international donor support. • Building the capacity of the government to promote human rights, women's empowerment and child protection, to prevent conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence, to strengthen its institutions of justice, and to help ensure accountability for crimes. • Monitoring and helping to investigate and prevent human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, including those committed against children and women. Originally established for an initial period of twelve months, the Mission's mandate was renewed by successive Security Council resolutions until 31 October 2024. ==Structure==