Written question asked by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Triesman (Labour) on Thursday, 10 November 2005.

Somalia

Question: Whether the Security Council has received any reports from the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative to Somalia on his attempts to bring the Mogadishu and Jowhar factions of the transitional government together; and what further steps they consider might be taken by the Security Council, in the absence of any prospect of the factions coming together.

Answer: The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Somalia, Francois Fall, reports to the Secretary-General, who last reported on the situation in Somalia to the Security Council on 11 October. The Security Council considered this report on 9 November.We continue to urge members of the Transitional Federal Government and Parliament in Jowhar and Mogadishu to reconcile their differences and create the conditions for effective, inclusive government, supervised by the Transitional Federal Parliament.

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