Joint Security Committee Meeting held for the first time in Mogadishu
The Joint Security Committee (JSC) was held in Mogadishu for the first time since it was established as part of the Djibouti Agrrement in August 2008.
SRSG Mahiga addresses the AUPSC Meeting
Addis Ababa, 16 August 2011 – SRSG Mahiga thanked the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and expressed his gratitude to the AUPSC for its pivotal support to the peace process in Somalia. He paid tribute to the…
UNPOS implements transparent and accountable payment exercise for Somali Police Force
Owing in part to a $10 million package provided by the Government of Japan, UNPOS in partnership with UNDP and AMISOM, succeeded in implementing a payment exercise to disperse monthly stipends to the Somali Police Force.
SRSG Mahiga’s message on International Youth Day
Today, on International Youth Day, we pause to reflect on a sizeable portion of the world's population, to acknowledge their achievements, recognize their potential, and contemplate ways in which we can support and encourage…
SRSG Mahiga addresses the UN Security Council on Somalia
Mogadishu, 10 August 2011 – A complex amalgam in Somalia of accelerated political progress and the unexpected withdrawal of insurgents from the capital — amid a deadly famine devastating large swaths of the country — made…
SRSG Mahiga welcomes news of Al-Shabaab vacating Mogadishu
Nairobi, 06 August 2011 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine Mahiga, has welcomed the news that Al-Shabaab insurgent elements have begun to leave Mogadishu and have already vacated key…
The UN declares famine in Somalia
Nairobi, 20 July 2011 - The United Nations declared today that famine exists in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Across the country, nearly half of the Somalipopulation – 3.7 million people…
SRSG Mahiga addresses Somalis
Nairobi, 03 August 2011 – My warmest greetings to you all, wherever you are, at this most important time of the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Ramadan is a time for renewal so it is appropriate that I write to you now to…
SRSG Mahiga welcomes the swearing-in of new Somali Cabinet
Nairobi, 29 July 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the fast approval given by Parliament to the new Somali Cabinet, which was subsequently sworn…
SRSG Mahiga praises progress by Somali leadership on implementing Kampala Accord
Nairobi, 15 July 2011 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has congratulated Somalia's political leadership, in particular, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and the…
IGAD Summit issues a communiqué
Addis Ababa, 4 July 2011 – The IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held its 18th Extraordinary Summit, in which the leaders discussed Somalia. [Communiqué]
Statement by the President of the Security Council
New York, 24 June 2011 – At the 6564th meeting of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Somalia, the President of the Security Council made a statement on behalf of the Council.