On February 26, 2014, the United Nations and the Government of Somalia signed an Agreement [3] on the status of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia.  According to the press release [4], the Agreement “[established] the legal framework under which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) will operate.”  The Agreement addresses such topics as: communications systems that UNSOM may establish within the territory of Somalia; the privileges and immunities granted to UNSOM personnel; the facilities, provisions, supplies and services, and sanitary arrangements that the Somali government agrees to provide to UNSOM; the circumstances in which the courts and authorities of Somalia have jurisdiction over the acts of UNSOM personnel; and dispute settlement procedures.