Unanimously adopting resolution 2010 (2011) under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council authorize the Member States of the African Union to maintain the deployment until 31 October 2012 of AMISOM, and also requested the African Union to “urgently increase” the Mission’s force strength to its mandated level of 12,000 uniformed personnel, and expressed its intention to consider the possible need to adjust that level when AMISOM reached its maximum troop strength.