Friday, April 17, 2009

UN, EU to host international conference on Somalia,US envoy to attend conference on Somalia


international conference on Somalia

Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG], which will be attended by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon and the Talaban President of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad, will soon be held in Belgium.Belgium’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has disclosed that an international conference to discuss Somalia, which will be hosted by the United Nations and the European Union, will commence in Brussels, on the 23rd of April.he spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Romin Nadil, has said the meeting would discuss the re-establishment of law and order in Somalia and engaging in productive consultations on how to strengthen the current government so that it can take over the political stability of the country.The spokesman further said the meeting would discuss the problems of piracy along the Somali coast, saying that military power will not bring a solution to the problem of piracy but that could, instead, increase in the number of piracy incidents which need to be tackled.He said that unless the international community investigates what led to the rise of the Somali pirates, the problem will not be resolved.
US envoy to attend conference on Somalia
http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2009/04/18/us_envoy_to_attend_conference_on_somalia/


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