United Nations Special Representative to Visit Hargeisa, Somaliland
Nairobi - 28 October 2005: The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia (SRSG), Francois Lonseny Fall, will travel to Hargeisa at the weekend to meet with H.E. Dahir Riyale Kahin and other leaders (30-31 October). It will be Ambassador Fall’s first visit to Somaliland which has just concluded its first parliamentary election.
“The people and their leaders are to be commended for the progress they have made towards security and true democracy,†he said. “They have succeeded in rising above the conflicts that have stifled social progress and the peaceful aspirations of the vast majority of the Somali people for the past 14 years.â€Â
“I am delighted to have this opportunity to visit Hargeisa and to listen and learn from Somali leaders there,†Ambassador Fall said.
