Somalia:Ban welcomes political deal reached at Somali constitutional conference – UN NEWS
Laaska News Feb. 20, 2012
Right:UN Special Representative to Somalia, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga addresses participants of the Second Somalia National Consultative Constitutional Conference held in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia. RM Photo/17 February 2012.
UNITED NATIONS, 19 February 2012 –Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the political agreement reached by Somalis at a national constitutional conference, saying the accord “sets out clear steps for ending the transition and putting in place a constitutional order” in the war-scarred, impoverished country.
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In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban said the stakeholders who took part in the so-called Garowe II conference, which wrapped up on Friday, deserved credit for reaching the agreement.
“The Secretary-General applauds the spirit of unity and commitment demonstrated by the Roadmap signatories as well as representatives from the areas recently recovered from Al-Shabaab who participated,” the statement noted.
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Senior members of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs), parliamentary leaders and representatives of self-declared autonomous regions within Somalia all took part in the conference, which was held in Garowe, Puntland.
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Augustine Mahiga, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, also participated in the conference, which took place less than a week before the international community gathers in London for a major conference on the way forward for Somalia.
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The TFIs are in the process of implementing a roadmap devised in September last year. That roadmap spells out priority measures to be carried out before the current transitional governing arrangements end in August.
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Mr. Ban said in today’s statement that he particularly welcomed the commitment to include a minimum of 30 per cent women in the Independent Electoral Commission, the Constituent Assembly and the new Federal Parliament.
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“The Secretary-General looks forward to full and timely implementation of the commitments made,” the statement stressed, adding that the United Nations is ready “to provide comprehensive support for their implementation.”
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The final Communiqué of the Second Somali National Consultative Constitutional Conference is signed
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