I want to also join you, Mr. President, and Mr. Michael Keating and Ambassador Madeira in sending our sincere condolences to the Kenyan and Somali families and the military staff and civilians who perished last night in the Juba Valley in a senseless, barbaric and un-Islamic attack. Moreover, it is …
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on New Zealand’s stewardship of the Security Council in the month of September. I am grateful for this opportunity to brief the Council today.
There is a new dawn in Somalia. As I am speaking here today, many aspirant parliamentarians are returning t…
On behalf of my Government and my people, it is an honour and a privilege for me to address the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I bring warm greetings and good wishes from our President, His Excellency Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and our Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, o…
The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia welcomes this timely debate organized and chaired by Egypt on the topic countering the narratives and ideologies of extremism. Violent extremism is an issue that is truly dangerous and needs to be countered effectively and immediately. It is a threat…
The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia is proud to have been involved in what has been a truly inclusive and transparent process during the negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These Goals will now succeed the Millennium Development Goals.
It is crucial that we compl…
