{"id":459210,"date":"2026-04-19T16:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=459210"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:50:11","slug":"somalia-participates-in-the-conclusion-of-global-parliamentary-union-assembly-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-participates-in-the-conclusion-of-global-parliamentary-union-assembly-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia Participates in the Conclusion of Global Parliamentary Union Assembly in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul, (SONNA) \u2014 The 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union concluded today in Istanbul, bringing together parliamentary representatives from around the world to discuss key global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia was represented by a delegation of federal lawmakers from both houses of Parliament, led by the Second Deputy Speaker of the House of the People, Abdullahi Omar Abshirow.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s assembly focused on critical issues including global peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, democracy, and strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the forum, Abshirow highlighted the importance of fostering hope, ensuring peace, and safeguarding justice for future generations. He reaffirmed Somalia\u2019s commitment to advancing peace, strengthening state-building, and protecting citizens\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>The assembly also featured a series of bilateral meetings and high-level discussions. During the event, Anda Filip of Romania was elected as the new Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-459211\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5533-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5533-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5533-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5533-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5533-860x1147.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5533.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-459212\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5534-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5534-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5534-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5534-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5534-860x1147.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5534.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-459213\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5535-1024x978.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5535-1024x978.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5535-300x287.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5535-768x733.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5535-1536x1467.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5535-860x821.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5535.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-459214\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5536-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5536-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5536-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5536-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5536-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5536-860x645.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul, (SONNA) \u2014 The 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union concluded today in Istanbul, bringing together parliamentary representatives from around the world to discuss key global challenges. Somalia was represented by a delegation of federal lawmakers from both houses of Parliament, led by the Second Deputy Speaker of the House of the People, Abdullahi Omar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":459213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-459210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459210","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459215,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459210\/revisions\/459215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}