The United Nations in Somalia comprises of 18 agencies, funds and programmes representing the UN system in Somalia. The UN has been active in Somalia since 1991 delivering humanitarian assistance, implementing recovery and development programmes directly and through national Non-Governmental Organisations. The UN country team is made up of heads of agencies under the leadership of the Resident Coordinator, who is also the Humanitarian Coordinator and Designated Official for Security. The head of the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) serves as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General.
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
OCHA facilitates the delivery of humanitarian assistance to populations and communities in need. OCHA also coordinates effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to; Alleviate human suffering in natural disasters and complex emergencies; promote preparedness and prevention efforts to reduce future vulnerability; facilitate sustainable solutions by addressing root causes; advocate for the rights of people in need. For more information http://ochaonline.un.org/somalia
Contact:
Kate Ashton
ashton@un.org
Muna Mohamed
mohamed26@un.org
Rita Maingi
maingr@un.org
254 020 400 2400 (tel)
United Nations Development Programme Somalia (UNDP)
UNDP Somalia works with partners to achieve the goal of a peaceful and secure nation in which every Somali has the opportunity to build a better life. It supports Somalis to build peace, reconstruct their infrastructure and rebuild their institutions. UNDP supports Somalis through Democratic governance, Rule of law and security, Recovery and sustainable livelihoods, Human development and economics and the fight against HIV/AIDS programmes. In each of areas, UNDP Somalia designs projects that contribute to real, measurable improvements in the lives of the Somali people. UNDP often works with non-governmental organizations, civil society and government partners to develop these projects. For more information www.so.undp.org
Contact:
Benedicte Walter
benedicte.walter@undp.org
Kaltun Hassan
kaltun.hassan@undp.org
Clement Tulezi
clement.tulezi@undp.org
254 20 418 3640/2/3/4 (tel)
254 20 418 3641 (fax)
United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS)
UNPOS is a political mission, headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) providing the Secretary-General with briefings and reports for the Security Council. UNPOS also provides political guidance, as needed, to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator. UNPOS has supported initiatives by countries in the region to promote peace and national reconciliation in Somalia, including efforts by Djibouti that led to the formation of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia in 2000. From 2002 to 2004, UNPOS supported the Somali National Reconciliation Conference under the auspices of IGAD that resulted in the formation of the current Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which re-located to Somalia in mid-2005. For more information, please contact
World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO specializes in health and serves as the technical focal point for all health programmes in Somalia, facilitating access to quality primary and secondary health care services, preventing and controlling of communicable diseases and implements emergency preparedness systems. WHO Somalia works towards reducing avoidable loss of life, burden of disease and disability by strengthening routine immunization; controlling and reducing disease prevalence; providing essential medicines to health facilities and enhancing human resources. For more information http://www.emro.who.int/somalia
Contact:
Lucy Ngugi
ngugil@nbo.emro.who.int
Godella Von Dohren
dohrenv@nbo.emro.who.int
254 20 762 2840 (tel)
254 20 762 3640 (fax)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
In Somalia, UNICEF works in partnership with an extensive network that consists of local authorities and communities, and over one hundred NGOs (Somali and international) as well as other UN agencies to help deliver services to children and women. Areas of focus include health and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, child protection, HIV and AIDS, youth development and empowerment. UNICEF is the sole provider for virtually all school supplies and text books for primary schools in Somalia, and is the lead agency in the provision of vaccines and essential drugs for maternal and child health clinics and health posts, as well as services for the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition among children. For more information www.unicef.org/somalia
Contact:
Denise Shepherd-Johnson
dshepherdjohnson@unicef.org
Robert Kihara
rkihara@unicef.org
Iman Morooka
imorooka@unicef.org
254 20 762 3958/3950/3862 (tel)
254 20 762 3965 (fax)
United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA)
The United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) is a field support operation led by the United Nations Department of Field Support (DFS). UN Security Council Resolution 1863 (2009) provides UNSOA with a mandate to deliver a logistics capacity support package to AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) critical in achieving its operational effectiveness and in preparation for a possible UN peacekeeping operation. For more information, contact the Information Support Section at isms@unsoa.org
Contact:
Simon Davies
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO is a specialized technical agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger by working towards the alleviation of poverty and strengthening of livelihoods and food security. FAO plays a key role in informing humanitarian response in Somalia through its information collection and analysis projects: The Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) project that provide essential information to enable both short-term emergency response and longer term strategic planning. FAO leads the emergency-oriented IASC Agriculture and Livelihoods Cluster for Somalia. FAO’s emergency interventions in Somalia aim at prevention, mitigation and response to natural disasters and the impact of conflict, while longer-term interventions focus on crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry and their interactions with the environment. For more information www.fao.org/emergencies, www.fsnausomalia.org, www.faoswalim.org
Contact:
FAO Somalia
Angela Njeri Muathe
angela.muathe@fao.org
254 20 400 0500 (tel)
FSNAU
Tumaini Muthiga
tumaini.muthiga@fsnau.or.ke
FAO – SWALIM
Emily Mutai
Emutai@faoswalim.org
254 20 400 0300/0322 (tel)
254 20 400 0333 (fax)
United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP)
WFP provides food in emergency situations and in recovery in Somalia and ensures minimum dietary food requirements for vulnerable populations are met. WFP runs school feeding programmes and also enable populations create productive assets and resources to improve livelihoods. The agency also manages the Humanitarian Air Services for Somalia. For more information www.wfp.org/countries/somalia
Contact:
Mahamud Hassan “Guled” Senior
muhamud.hassan@wfp.org
254 20 720 2165 (tel)
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR Somalia coordinates all humanitarian actors' protection and Shelter/Non Food Items activities targeting IDPs in Somalia. In addition, it provides protection and assistance to refugees and asylum seekers originating mainly from Ethiopia. Through its presence in seven field locations in the three regions of Somaliland, Puntland and South-Central, UNHCR also implements several projects to support the livelihoods of vulnerable groups amongst the IDP population. UNHCR is also involved in activities related to mixed migration, co-chairing with IOM the Somalia mixed migration task force. For more information www.UNHCR.org/Somalia
Contact:
Roberta Russo
russo@unhcr.org
Esther Mwangi
mwangies@unhcr.org
Cynthia Kisaro
kisaro@unhcr.org
254 20 422 2000/02 (tel)
254 20 422 2280 (fax)
United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO program in Somalia is promoting economic recovery, employment creation and support to decentralization supporting local economic recovery drawing heavily on the documented experience of the ILO InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction in other post conflict countries to adopt and implement an economic recovery model of the Somali environment. The main components involved are job creation initiatives and identification of economic opportunities and potentials through local economic forums, donor agencies and NGOs. For more information www.ilo.org/public/english/region/afpro/.../somalia.htm
Contact:
Fauziya Abdi
fauziyaabdi@ilo.org
254 20 762 1365 (tel)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
In Somalia, with high levels of pregnancy and childbirth-related deaths, lack of access to family planning services, gender inequality, and gender based violence among others. UNFPA Somalia is responding to these needs through programmes to improve sexual and reproductive health, safe motherhood, prevention of HIV and addressing sexual and gender based violence. For more information www.unsomalia.net/unsomalia/
Contact:
Anna Aguilera
Aguilera@unfpa.org
254 20 425 5345 (tel)
254 20 375 4156 (fax)
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
UNIFEM in Somalia engages in programmes aimed at strengthening capacities to protect women’s human rights and promote gender equality in the context of conflict, violence, poverty and HIV and Aids. Currently, UNIFEM is responding to issues of women’s economic security and rights, addressing violence against women and how it intersects with HIV and AIDS and also providing support for women advocating political space at local and national levels. UNIFEM also works to support the development and capacity of women’s networks and associations. For more information www.unifem.org
Contact:
Pamela Tuiyott
pamela.tuiyott@unifem.org
Charity Buga
charity.buga@undp.org
254 20 762 4383/4/5/6 (tel)
254 20 762 4494/90/89 (fax)
United Nations Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
HABITAT in Somalia deals with governance issues including legal and institutional reforms, strengthening municipal governance and of civil society. It also engages in urban management, implementation of local projects such as markets, slaughterhouses and rehabilitation of roads and buildings. Upgrading of shelters is also a core mandate of HABITAT in Somalia. For more information:
Contact:
Edward Miller
edward.miller@unhabitat.org
254 20 762 5030 (tel)
254 20 762 3328 (fax)
United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation Programme of Education for Emergencies and Reconstruction (UNESCO)
UNESCO coordinates curriculum development and the distribution of textbooks and development of national curriculum and syllabi for technical and vocational education. UNESCO also trains teachers, provides training within demobilization projects, and engages in civic education and peace-building activities. For more information:
Contact:
Hezekiel Dlamini
h.dlamini@unesco.org
Christophe Mononye
christophe.mononye@unesco.unon.org
254 20 762 2346/7 (tel)
254 20 762 2750/324 (fax)
United Nations Joint HIV/AIDS Programme (UNAIDS)
The protracted humanitarian emergency situation in Somalia increases vulnerability to HIV infection among affected populations. In line with the Declaration of Commitment adopted at the 2001 UN General Assembly’s Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) that calls for the development and implementation of national strategies that incorporate HIV awareness, prevention, care and treatment elements into programs or actions that respond to emergency situations, UNAIDS coordinates the UN’s support to the Somali AIDS response, promoting partnerships, periodic analysis and providing strategic information on the HIV epidemic and the response, and technical support to Somali institutions. For more information:
Contact:
Salma Taher
salma.taher@undp.org, and/or
tahers@unaids.org
Japhet Muchai
Japhet.muchai@undp.org
254 20 418 3640/2/3/4 (tel)
254 20 418 3641 (fax)
United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
With the establishment of a de facto government in Somalia and the apparent threat to the security of neighbouring countries due to the influx of terrorist elements in Somalia, IOM developed the Capacity Building in Migration Management project. The project aims to strengthen the capabilities of the regional Government of Somaliland, in particular the National Intelligence and Immigration Agency, to work towards a realistic and effective migration management system, and will contribute to efforts aimed at reducing irregular migration, particularly transit migration by third country nationals. For more information:
Contact:
John Njoroge
jnjoroge@iom.int
254 20 445 6050/062 (tel)
254 20 444 9577 (fax)
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
IRIN provides humanitarian news and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia for a wide audience including humanitarian decision-makers, governments, advocacy and rights groups, academic institutions and media. IRIN also strives to ensure that affected communities can access reliable information, so they can take informed decisions about their future. To this end, IRIN runs a Somali radio service providing humanitarian news and information in Somali for one hour every day, broadcast nationally on short wave and via some local Somali FM stations. IRIN is part of UN OCHA, but its services are editorially independent. Its reports do not necessarily reflect the views of the UN and its agencies, nor its member states. For more information www.IRINnews.org/radio
Contact:
Louise Tunbridge
louise@irinnews.org
254 20 762 2147 (tel)
254 20 762 2129 (fax)