UN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP IN SOMALIA WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2019
Mogadishu – The United Nations Communications Group in Somalia marks International Women’s Day by saluting the women of Somalia for their robust contribution to peace-building, reconciliation and the promotion of gender…
Joint AU-UN team arrives in Somalia to review AMISOM’s mandate
Mogadishu 8, March 2019 – A joint delegation from the African Union and the United Nations is in Somalia to assess progress made in implementing the Somalia Transition Plan whose key objective is the transfer of security…
Joint AU-UN team examines the implementation of the Somalia Transition Plan
Mogadishu – A visiting African Union and United Nations (AU-UN) delegation winds up its weeklong assessment tour of Somalia this weekend, after evaluating progress made by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in the…
Service and Sacrifice: Ugandan 'Blue Helmets' support UN efforts to bring peace to Somalia
A contingent of 530 Ugandan “Blue Helmets” (63 women, 467 men) is playing a crucial role in the United Nations’ efforts to help bring peace and stability to Somalia. They make up the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU, that is…
Get to Know the Women Driving Technology Business Intelligence in UNSOS
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TEAM, UNSOS The Field Technology Section (FTS) is a critical area of support in the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), providing information and communication technology (ICT) services to…
AMISOM and UNSOS Review Military and Police Pre-deployment Training
Nairobi – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), are making comprehensive updates to the AU-UN Mandatory Pre-Deployment Training (PDT) package for uniformed…
Simon Mulongo (left), the Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, and Mr. Clark Toes (right), the UNSOS Chief of Service Delivery, ride bicycles in Mogadishu, Somalia on 11 June 2019. This was part of activities to mark the World Environment Day, celebrated every year on 5th June. UN Photo / Ilyas Ahmed
UNSOS Marks World Environment Day in Mogadishu
5 June 2019 was marked globally as World Environment Day with the theme of “Air pollution”. As 5 June was a United Nations Official Holiday in Somalia, the celebration of World Environment Day was held in Mogadishu on 11 June…
UN peacekeepers awarded medals for distinguished service in Somalia
Mogadishu, 17 July 2019 - The United Nations envoy to Somalia, James Swan, yesterday awarded medals to officers of a United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU) for distinguished service. The soldiers, belonging to UN Guard Unit 5, were…
New UN Guard Unit starts duties protecting world body’s staff in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 25 July 2019— The United Nations in Somalia today marked the arrival of a new contingent of Ugandan peacekeepers charged with ensuring the safety of the world body’s staff in their compound in the capital city…
IN PICTURES: International Women’s Day
Participants in the Samia Yusuf Omar Memorial Run that took place in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 08 March 2019. The UNSOS Staff Welfare and Recreation Committee co-organised the half marathon to mark the International Women's Day…
Ms. Lisa Filipetto, Head of UNSOS, hosted Hon. Hassan Ali Mohamed, Minister of Defence, on a tour of the “Agility” rations contractors’ warehouse in Mogadishu.
FGS Defence Minister Tours UNSOS
On 28 August, the Somali Federal Minister of Defence, Hon. Hassan Ali Mohamed, visited the UNSOS camp in Mogadishu and was taken for a tour of UNSOS facilities by Ms. Lisa Filipetto, Head of UNSOS. The Minister visited the…
Senior officials of the AU Mission in Somalia, the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and other partners pose for a group photo at the opening of a five-day logistics conference to support the implementation of AMISOM Concept of Operations (CONOPs) 2019-2021 and the Somali Transition Plan in Mogadishu on 29 September 2019. AMISOM Photo / Ilyas Ahmed
AU, UN agree to reinforce operational efficiency in Somalia
Mogadishu, 29 September— A high-level conference kicked off in Mogadishu on Sunday, with the aim to develop a comprehensive roadmap to guide activities and operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) from 2019…