The UN secretary-general's special representative for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, on Wednesday welcomed an agreement in principle to form a regional administration in central Somalia, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here.
Under the leadership of the Somali Federal Government, representatives from the region signed a document earlier Wednesday, in which they stated that they would work together toward the establishment of a new administration in central Somalia.
The signing was witnessed by envoys and senior representatives of the African Union, the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations. The agreement contains 11 points that pave the way for the creation of new regional state in central Somalia, reports said.
"Kay called this move the first step in a process of state formation in central Somalia and a sign of the country's progress towards meeting the goals set out in Vision 2016 and the Provisional Federal Constitution," Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.
"He added that the UN remains committed to supporting the Federal Government's peace-building and state-building efforts," the spokesman added.
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