Siciid1986 Posted February 23, 2012 President Silanyo Speech: “supporting and recognizing Somaliland would help to promote stability and recovery in Somalia.” The President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo, today attended the London Conference on Somalia. The Conference included political leaders from over 50 countries and international organizations, including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In his statement to the Conference, the President said that peace and stability in Somalia “will not be achieved by the top-down imposition of a re-created centralized state,” noting the tendency of the international community to focus on approaches that over-emphasize the role of central government institutions in Mogadishu. He instead laid out his views on a bottom-up process to building peace and stability in Somalia, drawing lessons from what worked successfully in Somaliland in the early 1990s. President Silanyo said that he also firmly believed “that supporting and recognizing Somaliland would help to promote stability and recovery in Somalia.” He referred to Somaliland’s own experience of building “peace through an indigenous bottom-up process, drawing on traditional conflict resolution methods and Islam.” Somaliland rejects the view that Somalia should be reconstituted within the boundaries that existed up to 1991. In his statement, the President said that “[t]he people of Somaliland chose the path of independence more than 20 years ago and we cannot turn back. To do so would be to deny our recent history, our achievements, and our political reality.” He added that “[a]s a democratically elected government, we must respect our people’s wishes.” The President also called for “an inclusive international discussion about the future of Somaliland, launching a process leading to the recognition of our state.” Somaliland is a former British protectorate. It declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has since enjoyed relative stability. It has held a series of democratic elections which have been deemed free and fair by international observers. Despite its impressive achievements, Somaliland has not been recognized internationally Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Hermet Posted February 23, 2012 dude i was just reading it... http://radiohadhwanaag.net/Press%20Release%20-%20Somaliland%20-%2023%20February.pdf thats the statement from the Somaliland foreign ministry... From the looks of it, Great Speech... key points, the pre-1991 borders have forever changed, furthermore Somaliland is older then Somalia we two equal states, the international community should start a dialouge on the future of Somaliland...Good move. publicity and funds successfully attained. Mission Complete...We will never stop MOFO's even if it takes another 1000 years, we will get stronger year after year till we get recognition. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qandalawi Posted February 23, 2012 Lol, Siilaanyo did not make any statement, the Brit used him to attend to show to the world that all Somalia is represented in the conference. That was the whole purpose of David Cameron. Nothing more. But its refreshing to see the two secessionists above argue over who's statement was this, Siilaanyo or something Abdullahi. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul Posted February 23, 2012 Looooool,the old man was not allowed to speak. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
