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Peacekeeping Operations, Special Political Missions and Support Offices
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Peacekeeping Operations, Special Political Missions and Support Offices

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Walter Kälin, Special Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons chats with local IDP women selling vegetables at Hanaana One camp during his visit to Baidoa, Somalia on February 09, 2016.
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A call for durable solutions for displaced people in Somalia

The Special Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Käelin, has called for a new approach to humanitarian support to address the problem of internally…
Michael Keating, the Special Representative of the SRSG for Somalia, (left) meets with Interim Jubbaland President, Ahmed Mohamed Islam, in Kismaayo.
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UN Special Representative for Somalia welcomes Jubbaland’s acceptance of the electoral model for 2016

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, has welcomed the decision of Jubbaland leaders to accept the Federal Government’s electoral model for 2016. Jubbaland representatives…
Somalia Federal Parliament Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari (right) meets with Jeffrey Feltman, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (center) and Michael Keating, the SRSG for Somalia at Villa Somalia in Mogadishu on February 03, 2016.
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United Nations Under-Secretary for political affairs expresses support for Somalia’s general electoral process

Today the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Somalia and held meetings with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohamed Sheikh Osman…
Jeffrey Feltman, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Michael Keating, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, address journalists during a press conference held in Mogadishu on February 03, 2016.
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United Nations Under-Secretary for political affairs expresses support for Somalia’s general electoral process

Today the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Somalia and held meetings with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohamed Sheikh Osman…
Patrick Loots, the Head of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration from UNSOM, the Interim Jubba Administration Minister for Interior, Mohamed Warsame Darwish, and officials from the Germany embassy in Somalia at the site where the centre for disengaged combatants in Kismayo, Somalia will be built.
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A new centre for disengaged Al Shabaab combatants to be built in Kismaayo

A new Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Centre for former Al Shabaab militants will be built in Kismaayo to disengage them while also serve as a platform from where they can launch their reintegration back into…
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SRSG Keating briefs the UN Security Council

Addis Ababa – Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefs the Security Council.
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