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The President of Somalia, HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, HE Jan Eliasson today arrived in Istanbul ahead of the third Somali Compact High-Level Partnership Forum (HLPF) which starts on…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, led a delegation of ambassadors and senior representatives of the international community – the African Union, the European Union…

Ambassadors and representatives from the international community – the African Union Mission in Somalia, the European Union, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – led by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General…

An international delegation concluded a three-day visit to the federal member state of Puntland today. The delegation consisted of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Michael Keating, and…

PRESS STATEMENT 04/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, welcomes the reaction of Jubbaland leaders to the Federal Government’s decision on an electoral model for…

PRESS STATEMENT 03/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, commended the Federal Government of Somalia for its participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)…

Somalia’s international partners welcome the decision taken by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) on an electoral model for the electoral process to be conducted later this year. The United Nations, the African Union…

PRESS STATEMENT 02/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, condemns in the strongest possible terms last night’s attack on a popular Mogadishu restaurant that targeted…

In a meeting with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Omar Abdisrashid Ali Sharmaarke, and Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari yesterday morning, the United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, European…

PRESS STATEMENT 01/2016 The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Michael Keating pledged to help the Somali people in…

The United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, the United States of America, Sweden and Italy express their deep…

A brainstorming meeting aimed at designing outreach campaigns to build trust between communities and the Somali security sector has been hosted in Mogadishu by the federal Ministry of Internal Security. The meeting was…