Eh, Giddy?

Look, Giddy. Look.

Look, Giddy. A man of letters.

Yes, Giddy, as I vvas saying to the duchess only yesterday Oh!

Remember, Giddy, the time I tied strings on you and passed you off as a puppet?

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

On 23 December, the Parliament endorsed Prime Minister Gedi's appointment.

And with that personality, that profile, that physique, why, he's a naturalborn actor, eh, Giddy'?

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

My Representative has since been chairing meetings of the Committee jointly with Prime Minister Gedi or his representative.

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

During the first week of December, Prime Minister Gedi announced the appointment of some 73 Ministers, Ministers of State and Assistant Ministers.

On 4 November, Prime Minister Gedi visited the United Arab Emirates to attend the funeral of Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan al Nahyan.

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

President Yusuf and Prime Minister Gedi, while still residing in Nairobi, have undertaken a number of diplomatic missions to countries of the region.

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, President Yusuf appointed Ali Mohammed Gedi, a veterinarian and member of the Hawiye clan, predominant in Mogadishu, as Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

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 13 January, the Parliament approved the new Cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Gedi (actually the old one expanded), composed of 92 Ministers, Assistant Ministers and Ministers of State.

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.

Respecting the will of the Parliament, President Yusuf, after consultations with the Speaker of Parliament, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, announced at a joint press conference in Nairobi on 13 December that he would submit the nomination of Mr. Gedi as Prime Minister to Parliament for endorsement.