UNITED NATIONS — Britain is circulating a draft U.N. resolution calling for the United Nations to move its Somalia political operation to the conflict-racked nation, step up efforts to restore peace, and keep planning for a U.N. takeover of peacekeeping from the African Union.
The draft, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, calls on all countries in the meantime to provide money, personnel and equipment to beef up the AU force now on the ground in Somalia. It is authorized to have 8,000 soldiers but has only 2,600 from Uganda and Burundi.
The United States and France are drafting a separate U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off the Somali coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week’s hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat.
