UN envoy for Somali green zone

US: UN special envoy for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah proposed the Security Council create a security area (Green Zone) in the African country, where armed clashes continue.

In a report, the veteran Mauritanian diplomat said this security area in Mogadishu, the capital, would serve as home for government headquarters and international bodies.

Ould-Abdallah said international support to Somalia is now more crucial, as the Transitional Federal Government has been able to resist attacks by hostile groups, all of which shows advances in training, equipment and remuneration of security forces, but it requires world backing.

He recommended the return to Mogadishu of UN bodies, mainly its offices, which were moved to Nairobi, Kenya, when violence erupted in the Somali capital, so as to work more efficiently for peace and assist the needy in Somalia. United Nations, Prensa Latina