UN Security Council calls on Somali leaders to bridge differences, end conflict11 November – The United Nations Security Council called on Somalia's leaders to agree on a lasting solution to their more than a decade old conflict and to establish the framework for a viable government by working through a Leaders Meeting scheduled to take place in Kenya later this month.
Angolan Ambassador Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, who holds the council's monthly rotating presidency, read a statement thanking the leaders of Kenya and Uganda for their roles in the Intergovernmental Authority on Government (IGAD), which has been facilitating the negotiations.
"The Security Council urges all Somali leaders to participate constructively in the Leaders Meeting planned by the IGAD Facilitation Committee in Kenya in November 2003 to bridge their differences and to reach agreements on a viable government and a durable and inclusive solution to the conflict in Somalia," Mr. Martins said.
Somalia has lacked a central government since 1991 when the government of President Siad Barre fell. The Somalia National Reconciliation Conference has been meeting in Mbagathi, Kenya, since October 2002.
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