{"id":401272,"date":"2020-10-15T12:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=401272"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:01:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T09:01:37","slug":"united-nations-and-federal-government-of-somalia-sign-new-cooperation-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/united-nations-and-federal-government-of-somalia-sign-new-cooperation-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"UNITED NATIONS AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA SIGN NEW COOPERATION FRAMEWORK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations today signed a new cooperation agreement which\u00a0sets out how the country and the world body will work together over the next five years to achieve peace, stability and prosperity for all Somalis.<\/p>\n

The signing ceremony for the agreement \u2013 the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNCF) \u2013 was held in the capital, Mogadishu, and attended from the government\u2019s side by Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled, and the Federal Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Gamal M. Hassan.<\/p>\n

From the world body\u2019s side, those attending included the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, who also serves as the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia.<\/p>\n

The UNCF will replace a similar, previous agreement \u2013 the UN Strategic Framework (UNSF) \u2013 which expires at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince signing of the UN Strategic Framework in December 2017, Somalia has made remarkable progress in its journey towards consolidating peace and sustainable and inclusive development, with steadfast UN support,\u201d Mr. Swan said at the signing ceremony.<\/p>\n

The UNCF represents the collective commitment of the Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations to work together in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone everywhere, and were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda, which sets out a 15-year plan to achieve the SDGs.<\/p>\n

In particular, the UNCF outlines ways in which the United Nations intends to support government-owned and government-led priorities. The Framework\u2019s main pillars of activity directly mirror those of Somalia\u2019s ninth National Development Plan (NDP-9), namely, inclusive politics and reconciliation; security and the rule of law; economic development; and social development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UNCF is an impressive achievement of collaboration across levels of the UN, Government and other stakeholders,\u201d said Mr. Abdelmoula. \u201cIt is through this Framework that the UN, with our partners, will further strive to address the structural causes of chronic fragility and instability that have constrained inclusive and sustainable development in Somalia for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his remarks at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled commended the efforts of the United Nations and said he looked forward to strengthening the government\u2019s partnership with it in order to address Somalia\u2019s complex challenges across the humanitarian-development-peacebuilding nexus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI welcome the UN\u2019s clear commitment to supporting Somalia\u2019s national development priorities through the direct alignment of the Cooperation Framework with the NDP-9, as well as the aid coordination architecture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The event was attended in-person and virtually by a number of government and UN officials, as well as representatives of the diplomatic community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu\u00a0\u2013 The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations today signed a new cooperation agreement which\u00a0sets out how the country and the world body will work together over the next five years to achieve peace, stability and prosperity for all Somalis. The signing ceremony for the agreement \u2013 the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":396149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-401272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401273,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401272\/revisions\/401273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}