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lling cross-national crime do not apply. 'Somaliland is a model that proves democratic governance in Somalia is possible. Hargeisa's connections to Mogadishu are limited to the extent that Somaliland's government is forced to deal with the effects of the TFG's failures. Somaliland is a willing partner in

evelopment and entrench democracy in one of the world's most unstable regions. That is surely a very big prize." Mohamed AOmar. Foreign Minister of Somaliland. 2012 [PORTLAND DRAFT - UNAPPROVED] Serving the vital strategic interests of the international community Somaliland's lack of international recogni

can Union on the increasingly abstract notion of the unity and territorial integrity of the Somali Republic. with Somalilanders governed again from Mogadishu. is both unrealistic and unsupported by more than twenty years of state practice. My attempt to re-impose centralized control by Mogadishu would alm

The recognition of Somaliland Growing international engagement and backing Growing body of expert opinion 'In the case of Somaliland. insistence by the African Union on the increasingly abstract notion of the unity and territorial integrity of the Somali Republic. with Somalilande

the government managed to persuade Parliament to suspend an existing law that had explicitly forbidden the government from entering a dialogue with Mogadishu — proof that the govemment is keen to forge progress pragmatically and constructively. 7. What is the government doing in practice to win the case

The recognition of Somaliland Questions & Answers 1. Why is Somaliland campaigning for recognition? Somaliland is campaigning for recognition primarily for practical reasons. Non-recognition imposes major costs on the

r the last 20 years, driven in part by conflict related displacement amongst the rural population. Forty one per cent of the urban dwellers live in Mogadishu, the capital and the largest urban area in the country. Roughly twenty per cent of the population are either internally displaced, or are refugees i

ch were organized along competing clan and sub-clan lines — turned on each other. While some areas of Somalia, such as the northern quasi-states of Somaliland and Puntland — remained peaceful, clan and warlord based violence convulsed the southern and central regions of the country.n2 By mid-1992, the int