UN Envoy visits Somaliland, pledges UN support for peace and progress

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UN Envoy visits Somaliland, pledges UN support for peace and progress

UNSOM, 19 Aug 2014

URL: http://goo.gl/xtPecc
Hargeisa, 18 August 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, this morning and pledged to step up UN support.
During the visit SRSG Kay will meet with President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Bihi Yonis, and the Minister for National Planning and development, Dr Saad Ali Shire, to discuss opportunities for the UN to increase its engagement in support of peace, stability and progress for the people Somaliland.