DSRSG Peter de Clercq discusses the Technical Selection Committee from Mogadishu

Mogadishu,12 July 2012 – Over the last few days, much of my time has been spent facilitating the standing up of the Technical Selection Committee (TSC) for the selection of the National Constituent Assembly and the National Federal Parliament. The TSC was expressly created to provide quality control to the political selection process of the three most important bodies in recent Somali history: the council of traditional elders, which provides the names of candidates for the Constituent Assembly and Parliament; the National Constituent Assembly, which will approve the provisional Constitution; and the National Federal Parliament which will govern this country for the next four years until Somalia has universal, popular elections. Read more on UNPOS Leadership Blog