NOTICE

The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) closed its operations on 31 October 2024, and was succeeded by the UN Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) as of Friday, 1 November 2024, in line with the UN Security Council’s resolution 2753.

The change reflects the progress in the country and is also in line with the request of the Federal Government of Somalia for a two-year transition of UNSOM’s functions to the United Nations Country Team by October 2026.

Relevant UNTMIS communications are available here:

Website – https://untmis.unmissions.org/

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News

Somaliland’s political parties agreement

Mogadishu – The International Partners (listed below) supporting Somaliland’s democratization process welcome the Somaliland Political Parties agreement, signed on 12th July 2020, to conduct Local Council and Parliamentary Elections in 2020.

17 Jul 2020

UNSOM Quarterly Newsletter

Read the latest UNSOM Quarterly Newsletter:

12 Jul 2020

IESG Newsletter, June - July 2020

Read here the latest IESG Newsletter.

07 Jul 2020

IESG Newsletter, June - July 2020

Read here the latest IESG Newsletter.

07 Jul 2020

A round-up of activities of the UN system in Somalia in June 2020

03 Jul 2020

Federal elections and political consensus building

Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners (listed below) followed the address to the House of the People on 27 June by the Chairperson of the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) in which she presented technical options for holding one-person-one-vote elections as close as p

29 Jun 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

During a visit to the national laboratory, UN envoy commends advances in testing of COVID-19, and welcomes efforts to build medical capacity for the future

Mogadishu – On a visit to Somalia’s National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) today, the United Nations envoy to the country commended Somalia’s advances in diagnostic testing for COVID-19, and highlighted the im

29 Jun 2020