NewsNetworkToday: SOMALIA - SITUATION DIRE - UNs BAN KI-MOON @ SECURITY COUNCIL

NewsNetworkToday: SOMALIA - SITUATION DIRE - UNs BAN KI-MOON @ SECURITY COUNCIL NewsNetworkToday: 10 March 2011 -- UNTV: United Nations, New York -- The Security Council today (10 March) held a debate focused on seeking an appropriate solution to the Somali issue through a comprehensive strategy; the long-standing civil war in Somalia exacerbated by an ongoing drought has caused a humanitarian crisis, with 2.4 million in need of assistance and piracy off the coast of Somalia is another major issue on the Councils agenda. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressing the meeting, stressed that the situation in Somalia requires urgent attention, and noted that military gains combating Al-Shabaab insurgents are fragile. He added that the humanitarian situation is dire and violence continues to rage. The Secretary-General said that given the calls for good governance and a decent life in North Africa and the Middle East, public expectations are likely to be growing in Somalia, too and concluded that by acting now recent gains can be consolidated, setting Somalia on a more promising course. Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed, updated the Council on developments and progress made by the Transitional Federal Governments (TFG) in the first 100 days in office and the appointment of a new streamlined cabinet. Abdulahi Mohamed said that Somalia is in the fist line of defence against two evils, the scourge of piracy and the plague of terrorism. He called on the international community to cooperate and collaborate in defeating them at ...

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