Closure of UNPOS
The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) completed its Security Council mandate on 3 June 2013. The United Nations continues to provide support to the Somalia Federal Government's peace and reconciliation efforts through the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), established by Security Council resolution 2101 (2013).
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21 Dec
2009
Minister for Women's Development announces at a press conference that the Council of Ministers has agreed in principle to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Council of Ministers also agrees to set up a committee to look into harmonizing the provisions of the CRC, national legislation and Sharia Law, which is to be completed later in the year.