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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News

28 January 2009

Parliament votes in favour of extending its term until August 2011.

14 Dec 2009

31 January 2009

Chairman of the ARS, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is elected as Somalia's new President by the new expanded Parliament.

14 Dec 2009

13 February 2009

President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed formally announces Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake, as the new Prime Minister in Djibouti. Days after he was sworn in, the Prime Minister appoints a cabinet consisting of 36 Ministers.

14 Dec 2009

22 February 2009

Eleven Burundian peacekeepers are killed after suicide bombers drive a truckload of explosives through an AU camp of Burundi soldiers in Mogadishu.

14 Dec 2009

26 - 27 February 2009

International Contact Group Meeting is held in Brussels to discuss the next steps in the Djibouti process. Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muhammad Abdullahi Omar attends.

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28 February 2009

Prime Minister holds his first cabinet meeting in Mogadishu.

14 Dec 2009

04 March 2009

Parliament meets for the first time in Mogadishu.

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09 March 2009

In his report (S/2009/132) on the situation in Somalia, the Secretary-General expresses uncertainty as to whether a peacekeeping operation is an approp

14 Dec 2009