{"id":413808,"date":"2023-02-15T20:27:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=413808"},"modified":"2023-02-15T20:27:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T20:27:47","slug":"on-visit-to-somalia-un-adviser-on-solutions-to-internal-displacement-meets-top-government-officials-and-displaced-somalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/on-visit-to-somalia-un-adviser-on-solutions-to-internal-displacement-meets-top-government-officials-and-displaced-somalis\/","title":{"rendered":"ON VISIT TO SOMALIA, UN ADVISER ON SOLUTIONS TO INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT MEETS TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND DISPLACED SOMALIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baidoa, (SONNA) \u2013 <\/strong>The United Nations\u2019 top adviser for finding solutions for internally displaced people completed today his first visit to Somalia, which included meeting with both senior government officials and displaced Somalis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have come to listen to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and understand their situation, and learn from the UN family and our partners like the NRC [Norwegian Refugee Council] on how we are supporting you in this challenge,\u201d the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, Robert Piper, told IDPs when visiting a settlement for them in the city of Baidoa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe sat with IDPs themselves and listened to their stories. We heard about some of the progress that has been made on their behalf. Above all many of them said they now feel safe. Those we spoke to now have a title on the property they live in which is a life changing development,\u201d he later added.<\/p>\n

Mr. Piper\u2019s visit, from 12-15 February, was aimed at familiarizing himself with the issues in Somalia, as well as advocating for the operationalization of the Secretary-General\u2019s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement. Somalia is one of the 16 UN Member States selected to pilot the Action Agenda.<\/p>\n

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Three goals<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Released in June 2022, the Action Agenda has three overarching goals: helping IDPs find a durable solution to their displacement, better prevention of new displacement crises from emerging, and ensuring that those facing displacement receive effective protection and assistance.<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations, the three goals are inextricably linked as no solution is sustainable if another crisis is looming, no assistance will be sufficient if underlying drivers of displacement remain unresolved, and prevention cannot succeed if past crises have not been addressed.<\/p>\n

Decades of conflict and violence coupled with recurrent droughts are the main triggers of internal displacement in Somalia, which currently has more than three million IDPs.<\/p>\n

While in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Mr. Piper met with the country\u2019s Prime Minister Hamze Abdi Barre, to discuss the government\u2019s plans to help the country\u2019s internally displaced and efforts to tackle the root causes of internal displacement. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baidoa visit<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

During a field mission to Baidoa, the largest city in Somalia\u2019s South West State, Mr. Piper met with government officials, including Baidoa\u2019s mayor, and visited the Goorisane 2 and Yarabi settlements to see how the UN and non-governmental partners are supporting government efforts to address immediate and long-term needs of displaced communities. He also interacted with the settlements\u2019 residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is one thing to have a house, it is another thing to make sure that people have a livelihood. It is one thing to have a health centre, but it needs to be good enough to meet the needs of everyone 24\/7 not just in the daytime for light medical care,\u201d Mr. Piper said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s humbling to realize how much more there is to do,\u201d he continued, \u201cbut we need to take the lessons from Somalia and apply them across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Action Agenda builds on the report of the UN Secretary-General\u2019s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement, and sets out 31 commitments by the UN system to better resolve, prevent and address internal displacement crises.<\/p>\n

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