Press statements

  • 08 Jan 2014 - Garowe – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has congratulated Puntland's President-elect Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas, appointed today by members of the Puntland Parliament.
  • 03 Jan 2014 - New York – The Secretary-General is appalled by the bombings yesterday in front of the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu. He expresses his heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed and wishes those injured a swift recovery. The Secretary-General pays tribute to the Somali security forces, which reacted quickly to restore order and incurred several casualties in the explosions, and to AMISOM which supported them.
  • 02 Jan 2014 - New York – The members of the Security Council are appalled by yesterday's terrorist attacks in Mogadishu, for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility and which have caused numerous deaths and injuries. The members of the Security Council extended their condolences to the victims and their families, as well as to the people and the Government of the Republic of Somalia.
  • 21 Dec 2013 - Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, congratulates the new Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, on his appointment today following a vote in the country’s Federal Parliament.
  • 18 Dec 2013 - Mogadishu – The Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has strongly condemned the killing of six people outside Mogadishu earlier today.
  • 18 Dec 2013 - Mogadishu – UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay today expressed concern about recent local conflicts in the country.
  • 16 Dec 2013 - Mogadishu – Your Excellency Minister of Defence of Somalia, Your Excellency, Minister of National Defense of Burundi, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Chief of Defence Forces of Somalia, Ambassadors,
  • 27 Oct 2013 - Garowe / Mogadishu – Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Nicholas Kay completed a two-day visit to Garowe, the capital of the federal state of Puntland today, urging a free, inclusive and credible political process that should lead to a new Puntland parliament this year and presidential elections early in 2014.
  • 27 Oct 2013 - Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has learnt with deep sorrow of the death of Mohamed Mohamud Tima’adde, a reporter with Universal TV, on the evening of 26 October. [Press Statement]
  • 27 Oct 2013 - Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has learnt with deep sorrow of the death of Mohamed Mohamud Tima’adde, a reporter with Universal TV, on the evening of 26 October. Mohamed succumbed to injuries he sustained on 22 October, when he was ambushed and shot several times in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district by unknown assailants who managed to escape.

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