As part of IMO's maritime capacity building programme for Somalia, a high level meeting aimed at harmonizing IMO's work for Somalia with the work of other UN agencies working for and in Somalia, was held in Nairobi, Kenya (16 October), hosted by the Kenya Maritime Authority. The meeting was briefed by the Honourable Nur Farah Hersi, Minister of Ports and Marine Transport of Somalia, representing the Federal Government of Somalia, and was also attended by representatives of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), the Food and Agriculture organization (FAO), the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), EU-CAP NESTOR and INTERPOL. IMO was represented at the meeting by Juvenal Shiundu, William Azuh, Kiruja Micheni and Purity Thirimu. IMO initiated a programme aimed at assisting Somalia establish a Maritime Administration in 2014, involving workshops, the review of the 1959 Somalia Maritime Code and the creation of a stakeholders’ forum.