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An electoral official tallies the votes during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament in Kismaayo, Somalia on November 10, 2016. UN Photo / Awil Abuka
The State-level Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) in Puntland has announced that the second phase of voting for 25 members of the House of the People will begin on 14 November.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Michael Keating (in blue jacket), in a group photo with members of the Federal and State-level Indirect Electoral Implementation Teams (FIEIT and SIEIT) during a visit to Garowe, Puntland, Somalia on November 8, 2016. UN Photo
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating reminded Puntland electoral officials and stakeholders of their obligation to achieve the 30 per cent quota of seats for women in Somalia’s future parliament during a visit to the Puntland state capital toda
Delegates queue up to cast votes for their candidates during the electoral process to choose candidates for the Lower House of the Somalia Parliament in Kismaayo. November 08 UN Photo/ Awil Abuker
PRESS STATEMENT 27/2016
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Michael Keating, speaks during a meeting with a section of Somali women leaders on the political participation of women, held in Mogadishu, Somalia on September 5, 2016. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) is mandated with many tasks in the east African nation as it continues to make significant strides in its peace process after two decades of lawlessness and conflict.
Farah Aidarus Hersi, a youth from Kismaayo, Jubbaland, shares his opinion about the ongoing electoral process in Somalia on November 06, 2016. Jubbaland is in preparations to choose members of the Lower House of Parliament. UN Photo / Awil Abukar
The Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) welcomed the start of voting in Puntland for seats in the House of the People and said that voting for seats in that chamber of the country’s Federal Parliament can get underway in South West, Jubbaland and Galmudug states later this week
A lady delegate casts her vote during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia on November 05, 2016. UNSOM Photo.
Puntland has become the first federal member state to start elections for the federal parliament’s House of the People.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Michael Keating, sharing a moment with young Somali youths at an event aimed at empowering youth in Somalia. The event was hosted by UNSOM and took place in Mogadishu, Somalia, on November 4, 2016. UN Photo / Tobin Jones
Somali youths discussed options for more active participation in the political transformation of their country during a two-day conference hosted by the United Nations in Somalia in partnership with youth-led organizations.
PRESS STATEMENT 26/2016