Briefing by Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), at the 7873rd meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Somalia.
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Senators belonging to the Upper House cast their votes to determine the Speaker of the Upper House, as well as the two Deputy Speakers, during an election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 22 January 2017. UN Photo
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The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, Peter de Clercq, speaks at an event in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 17 January 2017, to mark the launch of a humanitarian response plan by the United Nations and international donors in the face of a prolonged drought, which is leading to food insecurity in the country and even a possible famine. UN Photo
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Peter de Clercq, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and the UN's Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, speaks to a woman affected by the drought in Baidoa, on 16 January 2017. UN Photo
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Abdiweli Sheikh Ibrahim Muudeey, addresses House of the People and journalists after he was declared the winner in the race for the First Deputy Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia on 12 January 2017. UN Photo