"UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SOMALIA - UNSOM"

Following the mortar attack on the UN compound on January 1st in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ahmed Isse Awad, visited the compound and met with senior UN officials on Tuesday. UNSOM

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed regret at the decision by the Federal Government of Somalia to declare his Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Nicholas Haysom, persona non-grata. UNIFEED / FILE

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Political turbulence still threatens Somalia’s ‘positive trajectory’, Special Representative warns in briefing to Security Council at 8440th meeting.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned Tuesday’s attacks against the UN compound in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, saying that intentionally attacking UN personnel may constitute "a violation of international humanitarian law.” UNIFEED

Coinciding with the International Anti-Corruption Day, marked every 9 December, the Federal Government of Somalia announced a series of steps to strengthen its commitment to combat corruption and reinforce transparency in order to build more accountable institutions. UNSOM

In 2012, Sayid-Ali Abdullahi Salad co-founded the Somali National Disability Council, and he was elected its chairman shortly thereafter. He used the council as a platform to push for the enactment of laws to safeguard the interests of disabled people in Somalia. UNSOM

Hundreds of women from across Somalia gathered this week in the Somali capital Mogadishu to reaffirm their position and recommit themselves to peace, reconciliation and prevention of violent extremism. UNSOM

Launching the annual 16-day campaign of activism against gender-based violence yesterday in the Somali capital, the deputy UN chief for Somalia called upon the country’s government and all other actors to strengthen preventative measures and ensure that the necessary legal provisions and services are in place to discourage gender-based violence. UNSOM

Ahead of the upcoming presidential election in Somalia’s South West State, a senior United Nations official today urged all stakeholders in the poll to act in accordance with established rules for the balloting in order to promote a free, fair and transparent vote in the state’s regional assembly. UNSOM