{"id":11527,"date":"2013-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=bb1b1ddf4315fd14afdc22e599d9607e"},"modified":"2013-04-30T11:56:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T11:56:07","slug":"news-story-somalia-conference-aims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=11527","title":{"rendered":"News story: Somalia Conference – Aims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated:<\/em> Included additional information on Somalia Conference themes. <\/p>\n

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Somalia is emerging from more than two decades of conflict. Last year, Somalis in Somalia chose a new more legitimate parliament and Government. The Government has set out an ambitious plan, the Six Pillar Policy, for rebuilding the country. Security has also improved. Somali armed forces and AMISOM, with the help of their Ethiopian allies, have recovered towns and routes from Al Shabaab control. The diaspora are returning. The economy is starting to revive. <\/p>\n

Last year, the international community supported the end of transition through conferences held in London on 23 February and in Istanbul on 1 June. This year, the new Government needs support if it is to bring about real change for the people of Somalia, and end the threats of terrorism and piracy, as well as the scourge of famine. <\/p>\n

The UK and Somalia will therefore co-host a Conference in London on 7 May to provide international support for the Federal Government\u2019s plans. <\/p>\n

The Somalia Conference will be one of a sequence of events in 2013 that will support Somalia, including the G8 meetings, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in early June and an EU<\/abbr>-hosted conference in September on the New Deal for fragile states.<\/p>\n

What will the Conference achieve?<\/h3>\n

The principal objectives of the Conference are: <\/p>\n