the former president, hossein shaikh, stepped down. there is a new provisional constitution, a new president, new prime minister, and tremendous and growing international support. on the military side, led by uganda, but also including troops from marin d eq opiate, kenya, and as far away as sierra leone. al-shabaab pushed you,f mogadishu, has my and many of the major towns and cities in south-central. at the same time, we have seen a sharp decrease in the level of piracy off the coast of somalia in the red sea. there has been change, and somalia looks different from the way it did five years ago, 10 years ago, or 20 years ago. us thewe have with person who is most responsible for the conduct of the united nations' operations on the ground in somalia today, ambassador nick kay. has aador kay distinguished diplomatic , a former british , andsador to the sudan also later to the democratic .epublic of the congo i can think of no better person to be conducting the business of the u.n. and the international community than ambassador kay. wi