Somalia At a Crossroad, UN Envoy Urges 'Deepened' Political Consensus

23 November 2020

The "broad political consensus" reached in September that ended a two-year stalemate in Somalia must be "preserved and indeed deepened", the country's UN envoy told the Security Council on Monday.

Although the agreed model of voting "regrettably fell short" of the constitutional requirement for parliamentary elections based on the principle of universal suffrage, Special Representative James Swan, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), acknowledged that it did reflect "wide Somali political consensus and ownership".

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