Kuwait 7 November 2005–UN Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia, Dr. Ghanim ‎Alnajjar has strongly condemned the assassination attempt on the life of the Prime Minister of the Somali ‎Transitional Federal Government, Ali Mohamed Gedi yesterday in Mogadishu.‎

‎“This is unacceptable,” Dr. Alnajjar said. “These acts of violence completely negate the ongoing reconciliation ‎attempts which are paramount to the emergence of a peaceful environment in which the rights of every ‎Somali are recognized.”‎

Dr. Alnajjar was appointed Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia by UN Secretary-‎General Kofi Annan in June 2001. His mandate is to assess the prevailing human rights situation in Somalia ‎and report his findings to the UN Commission on Human Rights. Dr. Alnajjar is a professor of Political Science ‎at the University of Kuwait and carries out his duties on a voluntary basis.‎