The international community is willing to help Somalia as long as there is «progress on the ground,» the United Nations' political chief said during a four-hour trip to the Somali capital. U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe also urged more troops for a peacekeeping force, and said the situation in Mogadishu «has been and remains grim.» «The international community is willing to help Somalia in all areas as long as there is progress on the ground,» Pascoe said Friday at the end of his trip, according to a report of the Associated Press.
