What had South African Ambassador Kumalo expect the Security Council to do? [br]

UN extends African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo says he voted for the resolution, but adds he was not enthusiastic about it. (23)Kumalo said he had expected the Security Council to make a firm decision about deploying UN peacekeeping troops to Somalia to supplement the African Union mission there. The African Union, it’s like, when your house is on fire, you know, the neighbors come with the buckets of water, but the neighbors are not the fire engine. You know, the fire engine is the United Nations. So we want to see the United Nations getting involved on the ground in Somalia because that issue belongs to the United Nations. It cannot be left only to the African Union. The AU has pledged 8, 000 troops to a peacekeeping mission. (24)But, six months passed, fewer than one-quarter of them have arrived. There are currently 1, 700 AU troops, all from Uganda.