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UNITED NATIONS — The United States circulated a draft resolution calling for a U.N. peacekeeping force to be deployed in Somalia to replace a small African Union force, but leaving the Security Council to make a final decision by June 1.
The draft resolution, obtained Monday by The Associated Press, would renew the mandate of the African Union force for six months and urge African nations to beef up troop strength from the current 2,600 to the 8,000 originally authorized.
Somalia has been beset by 18 years of anarchy, violence and the Islamic insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians and sent hundreds of thousands fleeing.
