SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS PRIVATE MEETING ON SITUATION IN SOMALIA; HEARS BRIEFING BY ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH, PRESIDENT OF DJIBOUTI

Press Release
AFR/268
SC/6921

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS PRIVATE MEETING ON SITUATION IN SOMALIA; HEARS BRIEFING BY ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH, PRESIDENT OF DJIBOUTI

Council Urged to Give Serious Consideration To UN Post-Conflict Peace-Building Mission in Somalia

Following is the text of an official communique of the 4196th meeting of the Security Council, which was held this afternoon in private in the Security Council Chamber at Headquarters:

At its 4196th meeting, held in private on 14 September, the Security Council considered the item entitled “The situation in Somalia”.

Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, was invited to participate in the discussion.

The Security Council heard a briefing by Mr. Guelleh, during which, among other things, he requested the Council to give serious consideration to a United Nations post-conflict peace-building mission in Somalia.

The members of the Council made comments and posed questions in connection with the briefing.

Mr. Guelleh responded to the comments and questions posed by members of the Council.

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