Somalia, int'l community launch joint security committee

MOGADISHU, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The African Union peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) together with the UN Political office for Somalia (UNPOS) as well as the Somali government on Saturday launched a Joint Security Committee to coordinate efforts in support of the Somali government's security sector institutions.
The Joint Security Committee (JSC), composed of the Somali Ministers of Defence, National Security, Interior, Chief of Staff, Police Commissioner and the Head of Intelligence from the Somali government side while the international community was represented by AMISOM, UNPOS and three members from donor community, said a joint communiqué issued in Mogadishu.
The JSC held, for the first time, its maiden meeting in the restive Somali capital, a move described as important by AMISOM spokesman, Major Barigye Ba-Hoku, "considering that Somalia, especially Mogadishu, is considered a no-go-area".
"Senior officials from the UN, EU, AMISOM and other countries like Italy and Sweden deliberated today in Mogadishu on how to strengthen the Somalia Security Sector," said spokesman for AMISOM forces in Mogadishu. ..MORE..http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/26/content_11772717.htm