UN General Assembly
2011

increasingly turn to asymmetric tactics such as suicide bombings and the use of improvised explosive devices that target the civilian population. As we continue to build up our own capacities, our security agencies are alert to this threat and have already successfully disrupted a number of planned attacks, including several targeting the hungry at feeding centres. Terrorism preys on decaying States, exploiting their poverty and ungoverned spaces to radicalize, recruit and plan. That is why the extremists have consistently fought against the Somali peace process and sought to destroy the institutions it has generated. Somalia’s leaders are redoubling their efforts to achieve national reconciliation and entrench democratic governance. Three weeks ago, with the help of our international partners, we hosted the first national consultative conference in Mogadishu, at which the Transitional Institutions and representatives of regional administrations came together to adopt a road map for the re-establishment of permanent, legitimate and representative Government in the country. 11-51372 20 The conference, which was the culmination of Somali-led reconciliation initiatives dating back to the