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Africa Horn
United Nations special representative sets up office in Somalia after 17 years
2012-01-25
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] The United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
 Political Office for Somalia on Tuesday relocated to Mogadishu, after an absence of 17 years, giving hope that the country is on track towards stability.
Took a while to arrange the catering?
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia has been based in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi since 1995.

The current SRSG, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga was welcomed at the Mogadishu airport by Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Somali officials and foreign diplomats. He said he was delighted that the UNPOS would now be working from the Somali capital.

"I sincerely hope that the arrival of the UN Political Office will mark the start of renewed hope for the future of Somalia," Mr Mahiga said, according to a statement from the UNPOS.

"Being in Mogadishu will allow us to work far more closely with the Transitional Federal Institutions, the UN agencies and NGOs already based here, civil society and ordinary Somalis. We have much to do and we are eager to get straight to work."
Then he hopped into a white Toyota Land Cruiser and was driven off to lunch...
The last SRSG to be based in Mogadishu, James Victor Gbeho of Ghana, who was with the UN Operations in Somalia II (UNOSOM II), left in early 1995.
Posted by:Fred

#1  the UNPOS

Another unfortunate acronym. Or not.

I give up: why Somalia? There can't be anything left to steal, it isn't know for s*x tourism or cuisine and I'd be surprised if there was much aid to skim.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-01-25 15:37  

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