UN Affairs

Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia meets Somali officials in November 2018.
UNSOM

2019 'a critical year' for Somali politics and development says Security Council

6 January 2019

In the wake of the Somali Government's decision last week to expel the head of the UN's assistance mission, UNSOM, the Security Council on Saturday cautioned that 2019 would be "a critical year" for the east African nation that is reconsituting itself after decades of conflict.

Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia (r) arrives at an airport in Somalia with two senior UN colleagues in November 2018.
UNSOM

UN chief expresses ‘full confidence’ in top Somalia official following Government expulsion

4 January 2019
Africa

The UN Secretary-General said on Friday he “deeply regrets” the Somali Government’s decision to expel his Special Representative in the country, adding that he had “full confidence” in Nicholas Haysom’s abilities and track record as an international civil servant.