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Federal Parliament in order to deliver shared political and security commitments through
inclusive and regular high-level dialogue at all levels;
(d)
To make efforts to hold elections in a manner agreed upon by all stakeholders
and that are free, fair, timely, peaceful, transparent, credible and inclusive, incorporating a
direct voting component enabling as many citizens as possible to vote in 2020/2021, in
accordance with the Provisional Federal Constitution of Somalia, and underscores the
importance of cooperation and consensus for making further progress on key national
priorities, including the implementation of the national security architecture, reaching
agreement on a federated justice system, power- and resource-sharing, the constitutional
review, fiscal federalism and the planning and holding of national elections, all of which
require political agreements that can form the basis for legislation in the Federal Parliament;
(e)
To continue its cooperation with the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral for Somalia;
(f)
To secure constitutional provisions for the equal representation and full,
effective and meaningful participation and inclusion of women and members of minority
clans, particularly in leadership and decision-making roles in public and elected offices and
the civil service through the constitutional review and other ongoing political and legislative
processes;
(g)
To promote the inclusivity of the 2020/2021 elections, particularly by ensuring
the equal participation and representation of women in decision-making and in leadership
positions, as well as of internally displaced persons, young persons, persons with disabilities,
members of minorities and all members of disadvantaged groups at all stages of the electoral
cycle, while noting that, in future elections, the Federal Government of Somalia should
ensure the representation of all Somalis, in accordance with long-standing commitments to
conduct one person, one vote elections;
(h)
To realize its commitments to security sector reform, including by ensuring the
active participation of women in the implementation of the national security architecture, to
ensure that Somali security forces and institutions comply with applicable national and
international law, together with international human rights law, including on the protection
of individuals from, inter alia, sexual and gender-based violence, and on the prevention of
extrajudicial killings, and the strengthening of internal and external accountability of all
relevant security forces and institutions;
(i)
To continue measures to implement the action plans to prevent the unlawful
recruitment and use of children in armed forces of all types, including forces operating at the
national, federal and local levels and groups such as Al-Shabaab, and to work with
specialized agencies, such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, to ensure that former child
soldiers and children under 18 years of age used in armed conflict are treated as victims and
rehabilitated in accordance with international standards;
(j)
To accelerate the implementation of the joint communiqué and the adoption
and implementation of the new national action plan against sexual violence in conflict;
(k)
To continue the process towards the development of a national action plan to
implement the women and peace and security agenda, including Security Council resolution
1325 (2000) and the Council’s subsequent resolutions on that issue, noting that the Cabinet
endorsed a Somali women’s charter to strengthen women’s participation in peacebuilding
and socioeconomic progress in the stabilization and rebuilding efforts for Somalia;
(l)
To review the amended media law signed in August 2020, and to ensure its
compliance with international human rights law;
(m) To realize its commitments to ending the prevailing culture of impunity, to
hold accountable those who commit human rights violations and abuses by ensuring prompt,
independent, impartial, thorough and effective investigations into human rights violations,
by urgently concluding the establishment of an adequately resourced and independent
national human rights commission, and by reforming State and traditional justice
mechanisms to increase the representation of women in the judiciary, and to improve access
to justice for women and children;
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