20 January 2009
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UN envoy calls on Somalis to press ahead with Djibouti accord
20/01/2009
The UN Secretary-General's Special envoy for Somalia has urged the Somali parties to implement the Djibouti peace agreement they signed in June last year to end the crisis in their country.
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah called on the Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia to press ahead toward the full realization of the accord.
He noted that the parties' joint High Level Committee is meeting today in Djibouti to discuss expanding the Parliament and forming a unity government.
The United Nations envoy said this is a key moment for Somalia and it is extremely important to get it right, after almost two decades of violence.
Reporting for UN Radio, I'm Bissera Kostova.
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