African Union Shuts the Door of Recognition to “Somaliland”

[Garyaqaan2]

After sixteen years of repeated failures our breakaway northwestern region which calls itself “Somaliland” made a desperate and, we hope, final move to force the African Union to recognize it.

 

Last year (June, 20-21) a delegation of the secessionist region arrived at the AU meetings in Banjul uninvited but was, understandably, denied admission. They tried, nonetheless, to lobby for recognition in the hotels where delegates stayed but had no one to listen to them.1

 

This year (January 31, 2007) they attempted to gate crash the meetings of the AU in Addis Ababa only to be evicted unceremoniously from the meeting halls.2

 

All of this was uncalled for since there is a way of becoming a member of the AU that is clearly laid out in its Charter. The AU is not sovereign: it does not and cannot, therefore, grant diplomatic recognition. It is a club for 53 African sovereign states, and a new country can be admitted as a member, not only if it is African, but also if recognized as sovereign by half the membership of the Organization.

 

The self-styled Somaliland is not recognized even by one single member state or any state in the world for that matter. Hence its desperate attempts to gate crash the AU Ministerial meetings with the vain attempt of forcing a collective recognition unheard of in the annals of international organizations.

 

With security and stability returning to Somalia and with the existence of an internationally recognized national government operating from Mogadishu the prospects of diplomatic recognition for our breakaway region is dimmed beyond redemption, and this certainly explains its apparent acts of desperation.

 

The flimsy arguments of the secessionists in favor of their ill-advised and divisive project have never made any sense to anyone. The name itself “Somaliland” has no equivalent in the Somali language, and is also ludicrous in the sense that the entire Somali Republic is a Somali land. The name made sense when the region was called “British Somaliland” because it meant then “that part of Somali land which is under British rule”. Worse still, secessionist die-hards call themselves “Somalilanders” which even the colonial administration never used and which, again, has no equivalent in the Somali language; it is in fact so grotesque that it invokes laughter when translated literally into Somali.

 

Northern Somalis for Peace and Unity (NSPU) take this opportunity, once again, to call upon our fellow northerners, whose obsession is secession, to take cognizance of the fact that they have reached a cul de sac and hence join the process of national reconciliation by entering into dialogue with the internationally recognized national Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in order to ensure genuine home rule for their region in parity with the other regions. Only by working together towards that end can we bring about a shifting of power from the federal government to the regional governments.

 

We also request the international community to facilitate this dialogue so that the long suffering people of the Somali Republic can attain their goal of genuine national reconciliation.

 

1 NSPU Publication: “Whither ‘Somaliland’ After the Fiasco in Banjul?”

 

http://www.somaliunity.org/press_release_07_31_2006.htm

 

2 Interview with Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the African Union Ambassador Abdikarim Farah

[Johnny B]

^And adiga gar taqaan?

Garyaqan is not someone who always agrees/disagrees with whatever that is said, garyaqan is someone who knows where he is or might be wrong, hence accepts correction. and you're wrong in this one by not knowing where you're going wrong.

 

It's not the AU that can dismember/unite Somalis , its you,me & the secessionist, and in a wicked little way , you're comtributing to the dismemberment of Somalia by alienating the secessionists which indirectly forces them to even knock more doors and gives you little happiness ala gallows humour, but deeply disappoints you further, since its the very first reason you posted this article i may assume.

 

The need for both you and the cesessionists to understand that you have only yourselves and ofcource your common archrival is at pitch fever.

 

Tell me, how many years of a rejected secession appeals could of have given you the happiness of a united functioning Somalia? am sure ,you can work the mistery out.

 

on another thought , skip it, its just one of my bravados.

[Xidigo]

^^

[Jacaylbaro]

Alaylehe idinku isku foognaada

 

dad aan iyagiiba heshiis ahayn maxaa laga soo dooni

[Garyaqaan2]

Originally posted by Johnny B:

^And adiga gar taqaan?

Garyaqan is not someone who always agrees/disagrees with whatever that is said, garyaqan is someone who knows where he is or might be wrong, hence accepts correction. and you're wrong in this one by not knowing where you're going wrong.

 

It's not the AU that can dismember/unite Somalis , its you,me & the secessionist, and in a wicked little way , you're comtributing to the dismemberment of Somalia by alienating the secessionists which indirectly forces them to even knock more doors and gives you little happiness ala gallows humour, but deeply disappoints you further, since its the very first reason you posted this article i may assume.

 

The need for both you and the cesessionists to understand that you have only yourselves and ofcource your common archrival is at pitch fever.

 

Tell me, how many years of a rejected secession appeals could of have given you the happiness of a united functioning Somalia? am sure ,you can work the mistery out.

 

on another thought , skip it, its just one of my bravados.

Homeboy before you got confused with my name. address the issue not me .

[RedSea]

This was from June..lol

 

..and it was posted here previously. You are way behind, buska danbe soo raac(:

[Garyaqaan2]

^^^^old news still makes new news lol we just have to keep repeating untill SheekhaJacaylka uu ka quusto dhulka soomalida somaliland. Ama Lascaanood.

[N.O.R.F]

Originally posted by Mslm: Red Sea:

This was from June..lol

 

..and it was posted here previously. You are way behind, buska danbe soo raac(:

Noticed how quiet Duke has been this week?

[Juje]

Originally posted by Northerner:

Noticed how quiet Duke has been this week?

He is Baydhabo buying votes for adeer - well virtualy..