AMISCOM to hold conference on Djibouti Peace Process for Somalia

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February 25, 2011 Accra, Feb. 25, GNA - The African Union (AU) and African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) will hold a meeting in Accra on Monday on the peace process in Somalia. A statement issued in Accra on Friday said the Conference would be attended by African Members of Parliament drawn from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of Somalia. The conference, which will be opened by President John Atta Mills, will be on the theme: "The Role of the African Union in support of the Djibouti Peace Process for Somalia." It will also be addressed by former President Jerry John Rawlings, who is the African Union High Representative for Somalia. The African Union Mission in Somalia is a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations. It was created by the African Union's Peace and Security Council on 19th January 2007 with an initial six month mandate. The principal aim of AMISOM is to provide support to the transitory federal institutions in their stabilisation efforts and in the pursuit of political dialogue and of reconciliation. AMISOM is also mandated to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid and to create the necessary conditions for reconstruction, reconciliation and the sustainable development of Somalia. Somalia has known no peace since President Mohamed Siad Barre's government collapsed in 1991 as civil war broke out in that country. No central government has controlled the entirety of the country since then, despite several attempts to establish a unified central government GNA