United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson (centre) is greeted by Somali girls holding flowers upon his arrival in Mogadishu on a visit to the Federal Republic of Somalia. DSG Eliasson held meetings in Villa Somalia, the seat of the Federal Government, with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Speaker of the Federal Parliament Mohammad Sheikh Osman Jawari and Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. Mr Eliasson, who last visited Somalia as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in September 1992. is visiting to see for himself the progress made and challenges faced in stabilising Somalia after 22 years of conflict. AU/UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.