AU Urges Somali Leaders to Implement Charter

(APA)--The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Jean Ping on Wednesday evening urged the leaders of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia to implement the Transitional Federal Charter.

‘The Chairperson calls upon the leadership of the TFG to return speedily to Mogadishu and focus on the issues of governance, particularly, the implementation of the Transitional Federal Charter, as well as the Djibouti Peace Agreement and the IGAD Declaration of 29 October,’ said the AU statement. The call was made following the failure by the Somalia president and Prime Minister to form a new cabinet.

President Abdallah Yusuf, who is on a visit to Libya and Prime Minister Nur Hussein are still unable to reach any agreement on the nomination of a new cabinet despite the efforts by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which held an emergency meeting at ministerial level on Tuesday in Addis Ababa.

‘The Chairperson of the African Union is following with deep concern the recent developments in Somalia. He is particularly disturbed by the political impasse and the rift within the TFG top leadership,’ said the AU statement. Ping calls for more sustained and coordinated efforts by the international community to support the peace efforts in Somalia including the early deployment of United Nations peacekeepers.

The Chairperson also welcomes the communiqué of the 30th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers on the prevailing political and security situation in Somalia held in Addis Ababa on 18 November 2008.

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