News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Your Excellency, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, Your Excellencies, Members of the IGAD Council of Ministers, Your Excellency, Ambassador Eng. Mahboub Maalim, IGAD Executive Secretary, Your Excellency, Ambassador Mohamed Affey, IGAD Special Envoy for Somalia, Your Excellency…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed Somalia becoming party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at a ceremony led by the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at a local School in Mogadishu. Hundreds of…

Mogadishu – The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia and the United Kingdom welcomed the launch of the selection process for the new Regional Assembly for the Interim Juba Administration (IJA), calling on the…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemned recent violence in Defow, central Somalia. There have been reports of dozens of casualties, including women and children. The SRSG appealed for calm, underlining the need to de-escalate the…

Mogadishu – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has welcomed the announcement of the nomination of a new Federal cabinet by the Prime Minister of Somalia on 27 January 2014.“This announcement is an important step towards the establishment of…

Mogadishu – The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia, the United States and the United Kingdom have expressed concerns over delays in the implementation of Vision 2016 due to the prolonged political crisis. At a…

New York – The Secretary-General of the United Nations presented, today, his report on Somalia to the Security Council.

New York – Media stakeout after the Security Council's meeting on Somalia by Mr. Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) on the situation in Somalia.

New York – Underlining the importance of the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations in Somalia, which he called “unique, strong and essential for success,” the top UN official there briefed the Security Council today on the challenges lying ahead for the country in 2015. [Full…

On 4 February the United Nations Security Council was briefed by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ambassador Maman Sidikou (via video-conference from Mogadishu), on the…

International partners welcome approval of new Federal Cabinet by Parliament Mogadishu – The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), United Kingdom and United States of America welcome the approval of the new Cabinet list by the Federal…

Mogadishu - Somali youth are expressing optimism that poverty and unemployment in Somalia can be reduced through quality education and youth empowerment. Local university students and experts on Saturday took part in a workshop in Mogadishu that culminated in a brainstorming session on the future of…