UNPOS Police Team holds a meeting with Somali Police Force
On 26 September 2009, UNPOS police team held a meeting with the senior leadership of the Somali Police Force (SPF). The meeting provided the SPF an opportunity to state its strategic vision following the 17 September bombing…
Security Sector Assessment Mission to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
UNPOS participated from 27-30 September 2009 in an assessment mission to Addis Ababa, comprising consultants on Somalia Security Sector Assessment (SSA). The team held a series of separate meetings with various partners with…
Security Sector Assessment Workshop held in Naivasha, Kenya
UNPOS organised a Security Sector Assessment workshop in Naivasha (Kenya) from 7 to 12 October 2009 to review and finalize information gathering analysis and mapping and to identify gaps and define policy recommendations for…
SRSG chairs a meeting of the JSC
A meeting of the Joint Security Committee (JSC) held on 12 October 2009 and chaired by the SRSG discussed the initial findings and recommendations of the Security Assessment Team and reviewed issues such as the training of…
UNPOS Deputy SRSG chairs a meeting of the donor community
On 15 October 2009, UNPOS Deputy SRSG chaired a meeting at which the Minister of Constitution and Federal Affairs of Somalia, Honourable Adobe Nunow Mohamed, briefed the representatives of the donor community, as well as…
HLC meets for the first time under its new format
On 23 October 2009, the High Level Committee (HLC) was officially re-launched in Nairobi under a new format bringing together the Transitional Federal Institutions and the international community. USG Pascoe together with the…
ICG for Somalia preparatory meeting in Brussels
The International Contact Group for Somalia held, under the auspices of the European Union/European Commission, a preparatory meeting in Brussels on 29 October 2009. The SRSG led a delegation from UNPOS to the meeting. Also…
UNPOS participates in a meeting at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
As part of its collaboration with IGAD, AMISOM and the Kenyan authorities, UNPOS participated on 29 October 2009 in a monthly consultative meeting on Somalia held at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The participants…
DSRSG travels to Mogadishu for meetings with members of the TFG cabinet
The Deputy SRSG travelled to Mogadishu on 12 November 2009 where he briefed members of the cabinet on the ongoing initiatives in the area of security sector, notably in terms of the training programme and carried out…
Training of officers of the Ministry of National Security of Somalia
On 16 November 2009, UNPOS in cooperation with the Government of Uganda, began the training of officers of the Ministry of National Security of Somalia. The training was in keeping with efforts towards building the capacity…
Workshop for the Somali Ministry of DDR
On 17 and 18 November 2009, UNPOS, in collaboration with UNDP, organised a two-day Disarmament Demobilisation and Rehabilitation (DDR) Workshop for the newly established Somali Ministry of DDR. The purpose of the workshop was…
SRSG introduces the latest report of the Secretary-General on Piracy to the Security Council
The SRSG on 18 November 2009 attended the UN Security Council meeting on Piracy and introduced the latest report of the Secretary-General on the issue. Piracy is a symptom of wider problems ashore in Somalia, he said. The…