Epstein Secrets

e Dubai Charter to reinforce international efforts for reconciliation among all Somali parties". Ahead of talks, the government managed to persuade Parliament to suspend an existing law that had explicitly forbidden the government from entering a dialogue with Mogadishu. • Ethiopia O In June 2007. Ethio

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

iliation among all Somali parties". We welcome the pragmatic remarks of Somalia's new President, Ahead of talks, 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

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

,000 SMS messages sent.'" Somali political officials were high profile proponents of vaccination; the President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Parliament all received the polio vaccine in a highly publicized event at Villa Somalia in Mogadishu. Interviews indicate that many vaccination teams engaged 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