Baku-APA. The UN Security Council on Thursday called on the international community to support Somalia in the process to long-term stability, while recognizing recent progress in the northeastern African country, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
In a statement adopted at a meeting on Somalia chaired by Mark Simmonds, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, which holds the Council 's presidency for the month, the 15-member body underlined the importance of international support to the Somali government in building professional, accountable and capable security forces as part of a comprehensive approach to security sector reform, including reform of the justice sector, human rights and establishing the rule of law.
The most powerful body of UN also urged the international community to "provide well coordinated, timely and sustained humanitarian assistance to the millions of Somalis who remain in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian support," the statement said.
The Council also expressed the importance of the new UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), which started operation on Monday, in supporting a Somali-led peace and reconciliation process. It welcomed the Somalia Conference held in London on May 7, where a consensus was reached to provide security, justice and public financial management support to the Somali government as they rebuild their country after two decades of conflict.
Somalia has been torn apart by factional fighting since 1991 but has recently made progress towards stability. Islamist Al- Shabaab insurgents retreated from Mogadishu in 2011 and new government institutions emerged last year, as the country ended a transitional phase and will hold national elections in 2016.
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