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Somalia at a critical juncture, as Federal, State leaders, meet to break election impasse

With elections slated for November delayed due to COVID-19, Somalia is at a critical juncture, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday, pressing federal and sta

21 Aug 2020

UN Envoy James Swan briefs the Security Council on the situation in Somalia

Mr. President, Members of the Council,

20 Aug 2020

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12 Jul 2020

On visit to national laboratory, UN envoy hails benefits to COVID-19 response and Somalia's future

Mogadishu – The progress made in testing COVID-19 samples at Somalia’s primary reference laboratory has been hailed as critical to the Somali response to the coronavirus pandemic by the United Nations

29 Jun 2020

While praising frontline health workers, UN Envoy calls for continued support to help Somalia’s COVID-19 fight

Mogadishu - Support provided by international partners has enabled Somalia to provide facilities for patient care in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but more international assistance is needed to help the federal government in critical response areas, the United Nations (U

21 Jun 2020

Message from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, to the opening of the seventh session of the Federal Parliament

Mr. President,

06 Jun 2020

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia statement to the UN Security Council

Mr. President,

Good evening from Mogadishu and Ramadan Mubarak to our Somali brothers and sisters as we approach the Eid-al-Fitr.

21 May 2020

Statement by the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Adam Abdelmoula, on the crash of plane carrying humanitarian cargo

Mogadishu – Last night I was informed that a commercial plane carrying humanitarian cargo for an international nongovernmental organisation crashed killing six persons on board on approach to Bardale, approximately 55 km northwest of Baidoa town in S

05 May 2020

On visit to Garowe, UN envoy flags need for unity and consensus to overcome Federal-State impasse

Garowe – Progress and remaining challenges related to Somalia’s national priorities for 2020 – including debt relief, holding ‘one person, one vote’ elections, strengthening security and finalizing the federal constitution – were among the topics covered today in a meeting of the

09 Mar 2020

Security Council press statement on elections in Somalia

The members of the Security Council noted the progress made in the preparations for the holding of national elections in late 2020 or early 2021 in Somalia, and welcomed the role of the Federal Government of Somalia, the Somali Federal Parliament and the National Independent Election Commission (

28 Feb 2020

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