{"id":422028,"date":"2011-06-10T19:17:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T19:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/10\/un-calls-for-new-constitution\/"},"modified":"2011-06-10T19:17:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T19:17:12","slug":"un-calls-for-new-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/un-calls-for-new-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Calls for New Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"36.1154167828\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/region.asp?Region=AFRICA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/unnews180.jpg\" alt=\"UN News Service (New\u00a0York)\" title=\"Visit UN News Service (New\u00a0York)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Somali parties to move forward with key transitional tasks, such as completing the new constitution, now that a deal has been reached to overcome the dispute between the country&#8217;s legislature and the executive.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued last night by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban welcomed the &#8220;Kampala Accord&#8221; signed on Thursday between President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden.<\/p>\n<p>The interim federal institutions had been divided over governance issues beyond August, when the transitional period expires in the strife-torn Horn of Africa nation &#8211; which has not had a fully functioning national government and has been wracked by factional warfare since 1991.<\/p>\n<p>By the terms of the agreement, facilitated by the Secretary-General&#8217;s Special Representative for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, the terms of the presidency and the Parliament have been extended by one year, while a new prime minister should be appointed within the next 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>The President and the Speaker agreed to work together during the interim period to implement priority tasks, in accordance with a road map to be agreed with timelines and benchmarks.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ban urged the parties to swiftly implement the deal, which will &#8220;enable the Transitional Federal Institutions to work constructively in the interest of the Somali people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He also calls on the Somali parties to act resolutely to complete the outstanding transitional tasks, including the promotion of national reconciliation, constitution-making and the associated public consultation, and rebuilding the security sector,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106101172.html\" title=\"UN Calls for New Constitution\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Calls for New Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 10 June 2011 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Somali parties to move forward with key transitional tasks, such as completing the new constitution, now that a deal has been reached to overcome the dispute between the country&#8217;s legislature and the executive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-422028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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