The United Kingdom has welcomed Somalia's support for all three of its recommendations from this year's Universal Periodic Review, telling the UN Human Rights Council it remains committed to helping Somalia implement them.
The UK welcomed the establishment of the National Independent Human Rights Commission, but said it was concerned by aspects of Somalia's draft Penal Code, including provisions that "could weaken protections for children, restrict freedom of expression and media freedom." It also called for the rights of every child under 18 to be fully protected.
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Somalia is not asking the United Nations to leave. It is asking to lead. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud @HassanSMohamud put that case to the 81st session of the General Assembly, calling for a partnership built on Somali institutions rather than parallel structures, scattered projects and arrangements outside the national budget.
He told the Assembly that the last democratic election in Somalia was held in 1969 and that the country is now laying the foundation for universal elections, that Africa's absence from the permanent membership of the Security Council is a historical injustice against 54 sovereign states, and that disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has contributed to a forty percent fall in Somali customs revenue.
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The last democratic election held in Somalia was in 1969, and the country has decided to change that. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud @HassanSMohamud told the United Nations General Assembly that Somalia is laying the foundation for universal elections, accountable institutions and a multi-party system giving every citizen a vote.
He said it is the first genuine political reform in more than sixty years of independence, and that all political leaders, the federal member states, civil society, women, young people and the diaspora have been brought into it. He invited the United Nations and international partners to support the transition while respecting Somali ownership of it.
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The State Minister of Health, Dr. Maryama Mohamed Hussein, attended the handover of medical equipment from @Tika_Turkiye to Somalia’s National Midwifery Institute to strengthen practical training for midwifery students. #Somalia#Health#TIKA
.@SomaliPM’s Permanent Secretary @KamalGutale engaged with the #UNSOM and #UNICEF Joint Program on #HumanRights Phase Two team today. The focus was on the progress of the program and improving human rights coordination between the OPM and relevant agencies. #Somalia
Saaxiibayaal: mar haddii dawladda Xamse & Xasan Sheekh ay bilawday in ciidammadii dawladdii Nabad iyo Nolol (NN) tababarka ugu dirtay Ereteriya ku soo celiso dalka, sow uma eka in macaaradkii ka yaraanayo? Dawladnimadu waa dhiito. Qolaba wax bay ku dartaa. Waa markii Xamse & XSH.
It’s critically important to immediately carry out stabilization programs for newly liberated towns. Many thanks @AyanHarare for your advocacy work to bring the plight of people in the liberated villages to the forefront.
It was on 9 Sept 2019, that Hon. @Godahbarre, & myself layed the foundation stone for the Beledweyne Vocational Training School. After 3 long years, it has come to fruition. Why it has taken so long is a saga worthy of a book. I am glad students will soon learn critical crafts!
There is a big misunderstanding on the role of DANAB in the fight against the Shabaab.Their role is to ‘destroy & degrade’. They are the point of the Spear! It is not their job to hold territory. Local communities have to be prepared to ‘hold’ the territory, once it is liberated!
If the intention of yesterday’s Beledweyne terror attacks was to cow the fighters and the people of Hiiran into submission, it had the opposite effect: the fighters have recaptured strategic Yasoman, and are kilometers from Moqokori. The attacks were indeed signs of desperation!
Salaam
Waxaa sharaf ii ah inaan fariintaan idinla wadaago. Mudaba waxaan ku taamayay inaan ganacsi samaysto laakiin ugu danbayn hadaan diyaar u ahay inaan safarkaas galo weliba qaab ka duwan sidii hore ee lagu bilaabi jiray ganacsiyada. 1/3
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We launched a campaign to learn children how to protect the environment and conserve water. Each school will have ambassadors representing the environment and water.
we thank @SomaliWater for supporting the campaign.
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