UNPOS
United Nations Political Office for Somalia
UNPOS
United Nations Political Office for Somalia

Closure of UNPOS

The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), established on 15 April 1995, supported the Federal Government’s peace and reconciliation efforts. Its mandate ended on 3 June 2013, with its responsibilities transferred to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).

Somalia’s expanded Parliament elects a new President

  • 08 September 2009
Djibouti, 31 January 2009 - After a long night of voting, the members of Somalia's newly expanded Transitional Federal Parliament chose the Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, as Somalia's new President. [English] [Somali]

United Nations Political Office for Somalia

The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), established on 15 April 1995, supported the Federal Government’s peace and reconciliation efforts. Its mandate ended on 3 June 2013, with its responsibilities transferred to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).…