Somalia: UN Rights Expert Calls on New Authorities to Seize Chance to Build Better Future

26 October 2012

Welcoming the election of Somalia's new president, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the incoming Government and the international community to seize the chance to build a better future for the war-torn Horn of Africa nation.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was selected as President on Monday, marking the culmination of a series of landmark steps to bring an end to the country's eight-year political transition. Those other steps, over recent weeks, included the adoption of Somalia's provisional constitution, the establishment of the New Federal Parliament and the appointment of that body's Speaker.

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