SRSG calls for successful follow up to Brussels meeting on Somalia
Nairobi, 27 April 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has praised the international community for its generous pledges totaling more than $213 million for Somalia's security forces and the…
SRSG deplores attacks on Somali politicians
Nairobi, 17 April 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has strongly condemned the recent targeted attacks in Mogadishu aimed at delaying the ongoing work by the new Government to restore…
Latest acts of piracy are renewed provocations
Nairobi, 09 April 2009 – UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has condemned the recent rash of piracy off the coast of Somalia. [English] [Somali]
SRSG condemns attack on Somali Interior Minister
Nairobi, 27 March 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has strongly condemned those responsible for the roadside blast which wounded Somalia's Interior Minister, Sheikh Abdulkadir Ali Omar…
SRSG welcomes Somali business community’s support for peace process
Nairobi, 20 March 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has welcomed the initiative by Somalia's business community to convene a brainstorming session/forumon "Job Opportunities and Youth…
SRSG urges full support for new Somali Government
New York, 13 March 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has congratulated the new Somali Government on the progress made in the past month and encouraged it to continue working towards…
SRSG condemns killing of AMISOM troops in Mogadishu
Nairobi, 23 February 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has condemned yesterday's attack on AMISOM troops in Mogadishu, which killed 11 Burundian peacekeepers. [English]
SRSG welcomes the Somalia’s new Unity Government announcement
Nairobi, 20 February 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has welcomed the announcement of the new Somali cabinet made by the Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke. [English]
Somalia’s expanded Parliament elects a new President
Djibouti, 31 January 2009 - After a long night of voting, the members of Somalia's newly expanded Transitional Federal Parliament chose the Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed…
New Members of Somalia’s Parliament sworn in
Djibouti, 28 January 2009 - Some 150 new Members of Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament, belonging to the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, were sworn in today. The first to be sworn in, at the People's Palace…
SRSG welcomes positive vote by Somali Parliament on expansion
Djibouti, 26 January 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has welcomed the overwhelming vote by Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament in favour of expanding by an additional 275 Members…
SRSG praises work on new Government of National Unity for Somalia
Nairobi, 20 January 2009 - The United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has praised the work of the High Level Committee, comprising delegates from the Transitional Federal Government and the…