Lets hope they fulfill this mission.
Somalia has been stateless for almost 8 years. One question which this
conference has not address is the status of Somaliland. Somaliland has
declared itself an independent state and has not participated in the Peace
Conference. The International Community have not recognise Somaliland as an
Independent State despite satisfying the criteria for a state as stipulated
in 1933 Montevideo Convention.
A peace agreement as seen in the case of Somalia will have some implications
for Somaliland and I hope international observers take note of this issue.
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>SOMALIA: Peace conference passes new charter
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>DJIBOUTI, 16 July (IRIN) - The Djibouti-hosted Somali National Peace
>Conference adopted a Transitional National Charter at the weekend,
>conference sources told IRIN on Monday.
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>They said the charter was adopted on Saturday by an overwhelming majority
>of participants at the conference. It provides for a three-year
>transitional government, based on a federal system, with a transitional
>national assembly (TNA) elected on the basis of clan. It also provides for
>the establishment of a transitional judiciary system, validating the 1960
>Somali constitution and "other laws not in contradiction with the
>charter", a source said.
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>After the new charter was read to the conference by Mohamed Warsame
>Kinico, speaker for the Drafting Committee, and passed around 5:00 p.m.,
>people sang the national anthem and celebrated. "The mood was very
>excited, and optimistic", an observer told IRIN.
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>The charter stipulates that once the three-year transitional period is
>over, the elected TNA "shall transfer itself into a constitutional
>assembly after twelve months". Other provisions in the new charter include
>moves to restore security, the collection of illegal arms, and the storing
>of confiscated arms, as well as the rehabilitation of the faction
>militias. After establishing the transitional government, factions will
>cease to function and laws will be drawn up governing the formation and
>operation of political parties. It also includes clauses on land
>redistribution and the establishment of a human rights commission.
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>But the sources said there had been so far no decision on where the new
>transitional government will be based. In the charter, Mogadishu remains
>the capital of the Somalia, but Baidoa may be used for the first six
>months in order to "prepare" Mogadishu, which was devastated during a
>decade of civil war and still suffers insecurity - for the arrival of the
>new authority.
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>More than 2,500 delegates are participating at the conference in Arta, 30
>km south of the capital, Djibouti. Although scheduled to conclude with the
>election of a president and prime minister by 15 July, the conference has
>only just broken political deadlock to agree on the method of election for
>the TNA.
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>Despite reports that Mogadishu-based faction leader, Hussein Mohamed
>Aideed, had arrived on Friday, officials said one of his top aides,
>Hussein Siad Farah, also known as "Qor Gab", was in Djibouti at the
>weekend to pave the way for his arrival. Sources in Djibouti told IRIN
>that the Djibouti government arranging air transport for Aideed.
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