High Level Partnership Forum opens in Mogadishu

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High Level Partnership Forum opens in Mogadishu

 

 

July 29, 2015

The first ever Ministerial High-Level Partnership Forum (HLPF) has opened in Mogadishu co-chaired by Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and UN special representative Nicholas Kay.

 

The forum brings together 30 international delegations and more than 120 participants from all branches of Somali government, including Parliament and the Interim Regional Administrations, and the international community.

The HLPF will review overall progress against the New Deal Somali Compact, focusing on political and security progress over the past six months. The HLPF represents a critical point at which to review this progress, address the challenges, identify possible gaps, and agree on what must be accomplished by the end of 2015.

 

According to a press statement from the presidency, one of the main outcomes expected from the forum is the guiding principles and an action plan outlining the process for reaching a workable agreement on the 2016 electoral process will be presented.

 

 

Jubbaland president Ahmed Madobe and Puntland president Abdiwali Gas have refused to attend the forum over disagreement with the federal government.