Somalia – Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside (AlertNet)

Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * UNICEF says Somali government plans to ratify child treaty * Somalia, U.S. only two states outside of child rights pact * Move comes on 20th anniversary amid positive U.S. signals (Adds U.S …

Somalia ‘to ratify UN child pact’ (BBC News)
Somalia says it will ratify the UN’s child rights convention, leaving the US as the only nation not backing the accord.

Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday.

Somalia to join child rights pact – UN (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * UNICEF says Somali government plans to ratify child treaty * Somalia, U.S. only two states outside of child rights pact * Move comes on 20th anniversary amid positive U.S. signals GENEVA, …

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director urges stepped-up response to crisis in Somalia (AlertNet)
Source: UNICEF NAIROBI, Kenya, 19 November 2009 Time is running out for children in Somalia. The number of people affected by hunger and severe food insecurity has doubled in the last year to more than 3.6 million. Almost half are children. Without immediate funding, UNICEF will have to close many feeding centres for undernourished children.

Move at U.N. to sanction Eritrea over Somalia links (The Star)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A draft U.N. Security Council resolution calls for an arms embargo against Eritrea and travel bans and asset freezes for members of its government and military for aiding Islamist insurgents in Somalia.

Somalia : Puntland Calls for the Formation of Regional States (AllAfrica.com)
The president of Somalia’s Puntland State has said that his government will play major role in the formation of more regional states that would help in stabilizing the Horn of African nation.

Somalia to join child rights pact (TVNZ)
Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said

Nicolas Cage Met with Imprisoned Somalia Pirates (TheCelebrityCafe.com)
Nicolas Cage met with Somalia prisoners in order to learn about their circumstances and meet with UN councils.

Somalia : Sharif – ‘I Am Sorry for the Misunderstand Between TFG, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna’ (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu The transitional federal government president Sharif Sheik Ahmed has held press conference in Mogadishu on Friday and said that he was very sorry for the misunderstanding between the TFG, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna.

Militants’ grip (BBC News)
US Somali youths recruited by homeland radicals

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