UNITED
NATIONS, July
8 -- With
events in
Egypt putting
Turkish
diplomatic
forays ever
more in
question, the
country has
gone forward
with its
attempts to
mediate
between
Somalia and
Somaliland.
Could
this
reverse things
for Turkey,
casting it in
the role of
Qatar on
Darfur
or Burkina
Faso on Mali?
As
Somaliland's
Minister of
Trade and
International
Investment,
Dr.
Mohamed A.
Omar and
Somalia's
Minister of
Interior and
National
Security,
Abdikarim H.
Guled met, it
was Free
UN Coalition
for
Access
member
Mohamoud
Walaaleye who
asked,
obtained and
sent us a
document said
to be the 1960
(ill-fated)
union on
Somalia and
Somaliland.
We put
it online here.
But why was
the UN seat
not called
Somali
Republic? Here
are the
Somaliland
side's points:
1.
SFG should
recognize that
Somaliland
reclaimed
their
independence
2.
As long as
discussion
continues for
two sides
Somaliland
should be
allocated
separate seat
during
international
conferences
concerned
what was used
Somalia
3.
Somalia should
arrest and
hand to
Somaliland all
individuals
committed
crime against
humanity, and
given
compensation
4.
Somaliland
should have
authority of
managing its
airspace.
5.
Getting
investment for
Somaliland
resources.
Somalia’s
five
point agenda
was:
1.
Unity of
Somalia should
be abiding
2.
Permit free
movement of
people and
politicians on
each side.
3.
Other
remaining
dialogues be
hold inside
country
4.
To hold future
dialogues
inside
Somaliland or
Somalia
5.
Design
standard
procedure
abiding for
future
dialogue
The
UN
unilaterally
transferred
Somaliland's
airspace to
Mogadishu,
leading to a
cancellation
of UN system
flights. UN
envoy Nicholas
Kay
has been told
that the new
UNSOM mission
should not
open in
Somaliland.
Meanwhile,
Kay
declined to
confirm or
deny that
in
Mogadishu UN Mine
Action Service
boss David Bax
shares
information
with US
intelligence.
Kay told Inner
City Press this is a
question
for the UN in
New York,
where UN
Peacekeeping
under Herve
Ladsous
refuses to
answer Press
questions.
That is now
being fought
by the
Free UN
Coalition for
Access. Watch
this site.
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