3. The Monitoring Group has also confirmed that the GCC-Somalia trade pattern noted in SEMG report (S/2011/433) persists despite UNSCR 2002 (2011), which considers that “all non-local commerce via Al-Shabaab controlled ports, that constitutes financial support for a designated entity, poses a threat to the peace, stability, and security of Somalia.”[243] Commercial motor vessels transporting goods from the UAE to Mogadishu port discharge only part of their cargoes, in order to deliver the remainder to the port of Kismaayo, and to collect charcoal cargos destined to GCC countries, with the full knowledge of the Mogadishu port authority.[244]
3. The Monitoring Group has also confirmed that the GCC-Somalia trade pattern noted in SEMG report (S/2011/433) persists despite UNSCR 2002 (2011), which considers that “all non-local commerce via Al-Shabaab controlled ports, that constitutes financial support for a designated entity, poses a threat to the peace, stability, and security of Somalia.”[243] Commercial motor vessels transporting goods from the UAE to Mogadishu port discharge only part of their cargoes, in order to deliver the remainder to the port of Kismaayo, and to collect charcoal cargos destined to GCC countries, with the full knowledge of the Mogadishu port authority.[244]