The situation in Somalia – Security Council Open VTC

May 21, 2020 by News Desk

Remarks by James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) on the situation in Somalia during the Security Council Open VTC.

The report provides updates on the implementation of the mandates of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS). The report covers major developments in Somalia during the period from 5 February to 4 May 2020 and specific measures related to UNSOS between 1 November 2019 and 30 April 2020.

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia (S/2020/398)

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Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia is a sovereign country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa’s mainland.

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At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; with the addition of South Sudan in 2011, membership is now 193, representing almost all of the world’s sovereign states.