UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese UN envoy on Wednesday said the world should continue to help Somalia strengthen its governance capacity.

Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said despite recent progress, the overall situation in the Horn of African country remains relatively complicated, and peace and stability are facing challenges.

Wu called on the international community to help improve the federal mechanism and the relationships between the federal government and the governments of federal member states.

All federal member states of Somalia should, in the spirit of cooperation, respect and safeguard the authority of the federal government and jointly realize national peace, stability and development, he said.

Over the past three months, Somalia has engaged in national reconstruction, making progress in political, economic and security fields. It is also preparing for the 2020 general election.

UN secretary-general's special representative for Somalia James Swan said Wednesday that the national electoral cycle offers an opportunity to advance the process of democratization for the country. Enditem

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