{{The UN said it stands ready to play a central role in supporting Somalia\u2019s peace-building process.}}<\/p>\n
Assistant Secretary-General of the UN for Peace building Support Judy Cheng-Hopkins paid a courtesy call to Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed on Monday and promised to continue supporting peace and stability in the Horn of Africa nation. <\/p>\n
She was accompanied by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Peace building Fund will assist the federal government in a timely, flexible and pragmatic way to sustain momentum of its state- and peace-building efforts under the Somalia New Deal Compact,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Fund is designed to help especially women, children, youth, disadvantaged groups, minorities and those who bore the brunt of the protracted conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Fund was set up in 2006 following a request from the General Assembly and the Security Council to support peace building efforts in countries emerging from conflict or political crisis.<\/p>\n
The UN Secretary-General declared that Somalia would be eligible to access the fund in December 2013.<\/p>\n
In March, Mr Kay welcomed the development made by the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) and the Somali National Army in taking over almost ten districts from the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab.<\/p>\n
He announced the allocation of $3 million from the UN Peace-building Fund to support the stabilisation efforts in the newly recovered areas in south central Somalia.<\/p>\n
Mr Ahmed on his part told the high powered UN delegation that his government was focusing on reconciliation, peace building, finalisation of the constitution and federalisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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