"JAMES SWAN"

Somalia has joined the growing list of countries to receive the COVID-19 vaccines, under the COVAX initiative which aims to ensure fair and equitable access of all nations to the vaccine. UNSOM

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Somalia’s leaders must avoid risky ‘winner-take-all’ tactics, break standoff blocking realization of agreed electoral model, Special Representative tells Security Council.

The Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), told the Security Council that “growing political tensions threaten Somalia’s state-building progress and even security unless they are resolved through dialogue and compromise in the interest of the country.” UNIFEED

The long-running and wide-ranging relationship between the United Nations and Somaliland came to the fore during a recent visit of senior officials from the world body to its capital, Hargeisa. UNSOM

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The United Nations’ support to Jubaland in areas ranging from primary health and wellbeing to economic empowerment and protection of the most vulnerable were among the topics covered today by a high-level delegation to the southern Federal Member State. UNSOM

In HirShabelle, the United Nations envoy to Somalia today welcomed recent developments related to the impasse currently being experienced with the country’s national elections. UNSOM

As Somalia crosses its 30th anniversary since the outbreak its civil war, senior United Nations officials today paid tribute to the courage and resilience of Somali citizens who have persevered through some of the “toughest conditions in any country on the planet over the past three decades.” UNSOM

A delegation of senior United Nations officials on Monday visited the Federal Member State (FMS) of Puntland, in Somalia’s north-east, to meet with its leadership on the provision of support. UNSOM