SRSG Ould-Abdallah's interview with Allafrica.com

3 May 2010

SRSG Ould-Abdallah's interview with Allafrica.com

Peace in Somalia is not only possible but is 'relatively easy' to achieve, according to Ambassador Amadou Ould-Abdallah, a veteran diplomat who has served as Mauritania's foreign minister and ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the European Union and the United States. Since 2007, he has been the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, a country that has not had a functioning government since the 1991 ouster of Mohamed Siad Barre, a dictator who was maintained in power during the Cold War by both the Soviet Union and United States, successively. [Full Interview]