Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government, Ali Mohamed Gedi

The coordinator of the Monitoring Group attempted on three occasions to meet TFG Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, but Gedi's office failed to respond with arrangements for a meeting.

Annex

On 7 February 2005, the independent expert met with the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government, Ali Mohamed Gedi in Nairobi.

This large cabinet represents the difficulties in accommodating Somalia's varied interests and clans and will likely impact the costs of running the TFG.

He is also grateful to Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and members of the Transitional Federal Parliament for taking the time to meet with him to discuss Somalia's human rights issues and for considering ways to address them.

On 3 November 2004, President Yusuf appointed Ali Mohamed Gedi as Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government and a new Cabinet was approved by Parliament on 13 January 2005.

On 24 February, in the context of the TFG's relocation plan, President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi led high ranking delegations on a meet the people mission to south central Somalia and Puntland .

The independent expert has also raised the idea of a national human rights commission with Prime Minister Gedi and representatives of the Transitional Federal Government, who stated that they were receptive to the idea but that they required the technical assistance of the United Nations and donor countries.