General Duke Posted September 28, 2003 Qoraal ay soo saareen ururada soomaalida ee ku shirsan Kenya. By A/Yassin Posted to the web 28-09-2003, 18:43:24 Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya SOMALI REPUBLIC September 23, 2003 View Point of the Leaders Committee To: H.E. Bethuel Kiplagat Chairman of IGAD Technical Committee Cc: Member of the Frontline States Cc: Members of IPF Your Excellency, With reference to our meeting held on 23rd September, 03; in which you have briefed the leaders committee on the result of your visit to the EU HQ in Brussels, and Sweden, as well as raising several other issues regarding the process. The leaders committee is unanimously appreciating your unrelenting efforts to promote the course of peace and reconciliation in Somalia and your wise guidance of the ongoing process. We have the honour to inform Your Excellency, that the leaders committee has exhaustively discussed all issues raised by you and have unanimously agreed to submit their collective position, as follows; 1. Inclusivity Issue; The leaders committee have pointed out that the conference has accomplished a level of inclusivity that could be considered, as unprecedented in the history of Somali peace talks. During the 11 months of it’s proceeding; the conference has assimilated many productive ideas and guidelines put forward by IGAD and IPF. The conference is from the very outset, a Somali driven initiative while IGAD and IPF have been playing the role of coordination, mediation, guidance with the Somali parts in order to accomplish the highest degree of inclusivity, in accordance with the mandate of IGAD member states. It ought to be mentioned that the conference enjoys, therefore, unnegligible degree of inclusivity, since, all the major four groups of participants (TNG, SRRC, G8 and Civil Society), representing all political stakeholders and clan setup of the country, are all present. We should not fail to have in mind that inclusivity isn’t tantamount to unanimity and it shouldn’t be used as unsubstantiated element or vague politic argument to destroy the conference or prejudice its outcome. 2. Effort to bring back those parties who are away; The leaders committee welcomes all efforts geared to bring back those, few, who left the conference. In spite of this position it should be recognized that the representatives of those who left the conference remained an integral part of the process. So, where does the issue come? However, the Leaders’ Committee warmly welcomes that IGAD and IPF to employ further efforts to persuade the absentees to rejoin the Conference, bearing in mind that the continuity of the conference must be ensured, to avoid the conference becoming hostage of a party. The leaders have no objection to see their brothers to be brought on board. We also welcome the inclusion of a Somali good will team in these efforts, especially, from among those who can exercise leverage on the self-absenteeing party. 3. HOW TO CARRY ON THE PRECEDURE OF SELECTION OF THE MPs’ The Leaders Committee is of the view that the present stage of the process should be sustained and its momentum should, therefore, be strengthened. As far as the procedure of selection of MPs is concerned, the Leaders have agreed that Article 30 of the newly adopted charter, on 15/09/03, be applied. 4. CONFIDENCE BUILDING AMONG LEADERS The Leaders Committee welcome the idea of undertaking inter-leader confidence building steps to strengthen the degree of cohesion and understanding among them with the view of enhancing peace prospective in Somalia, and obtain their firm commitment in the implementation of the achievements of the peace conference and its outcome. For this purpose, the Leaders’ Committee would recommend that suitable venue be identified so that, the Leaders can engage into an open and fruitful exchange of views to take place in an appropriate environment and with a purpose of achieving integrative accords, where deemed necessary. However, as the Leaders will be engaged in this extra mile exercise in peace searching efforts, it would be necessary to temporarily put into pause the process of MPs selection; so as to safeguard the leaders responsibility on the subject, as the charter specifies, allowing, at the same time, inter and intra-clan negotiations to continue, to smoothen the process. 5. SOMALI OWNERSHIP OF THE PROCESS. A number of time has been raised the issue related to the ownership of the process without any justifiable reason, positively speaking. The participants of the Conference have been freely debating all issues and any decision was taken on the basis of their free will and democratic traditions. In this respect, the Leaders’ Committee sees the matter as non-controversial issue, since the conference has been proceeding smoothly, knowing no major crisis in any respect, over the past 11 months of the process. In addition, one has to take into account that the Conference is in its final stage, and the real ownership, in terms of national responsibility, is unanimously passing to the new institutions, hereafter, established as a result of the outcome of the conference. Until then, the Leaders Committee reaffirm that the collective role of the IGAD Technical Committee as established in the rules of procedure should be respected, as part of conflict management and resolution approaches. 6. THE ROLE OF INTERNATIIONAL COMMUNITY It has been always the view of the participants of the Conference that the International Community plays an active role in promoting and supporting the peace process in Somalia, as an unsacrificeable partner. The Leaders Committee therefore, express their deep thanks and gratitude to the whole International Community, for the assistances they haven been providing to the sustenance and continuity of the process. The Leaders Committee welcomes the initiative that an International Donors conference be held, following the conclusion of the peace talks at Mbagathi, to pledge funds for the reconstruction of Somalia in all domains. Therefore, list of priorities should be worked out right from this moment. In addition to this, we recommend that various Leaders Committee delegations be dispatched to important donor community members for sensibilisation purposes, led by member of the ITC. Finally, the Leaders Committee reiterate their common position that a peace keeping mission remains part of the major international undertakings, to assist Somalia overcome the 13 years of civil war crisis and restore a climate of security and peace in Somalia, with a view of enabling the established institutions, as per this conference, to function. Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya SOMALI REPUBLIC September 23, 2003 Signed by: Leaders Committee (Signatories) 1. H.E. Hassan Abshir Farah (Prime Minster-TNG) ____________________________ 2. H.E. Abdalla Derow **** (Speaker of TNA-TNG)___________________ 3. H.E. Mohamed Qanyare Afrah (USC/G8-chairman)_____________________ 4. H.E. Hilowle Imam Omar (SRRC Current Chairman.)_______ 5. H.E. Abdullahi Sh. Isma’il (SSNM/BIREM/SRRC-Chairman.)___________ 6. H.E. Mowlid Ma’ane Mohamed (Chairman of SAMO)____________________ 7. H.E. Ahmed Sh. Mohamed (SPM/SRRC - Chairman.)_________________ 8. H.E. Hassan Mohamed Nur (RRA/SRRC- Chairman.)_________________ 9. H.E. Hussien Farah Aidid (USC/SNA/SRRC- Chairman.)_____________ 10. H.E. Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed (Punt-land State/ SRRC)_________________ 11. H.E. Sharif Saalah Mohamed (Civil Society Chairman)_________________ 12. H.E. Omar Mohamoud "Finish" (USC/SSA/G8 Chairman)________________ 13. H.E. Hassan Abdulle Qalad (HIRAN Admin/SRRC)___________________ 14. H.E. Mohamed Diriye Ilmi (USC/G8)____________________________ 15. H.E. Mohamed Omar Habeb (JOWHAR Admin/SRRC)_________________ 16. H.E. Col. Deq Abdi Hasan (Gen.Secretary ofJVA/G8)__________________ 17. H.E. Mohamed Sayid Aden ( SNF/SRRC Chairman)_________________ 18. H.E. A/qadir H. Bebe (USC/SSA/SRRC)______________________ 19. H.E. A/aziz Sh. Yusuf (SSNM/SNA/SRRC Chairman)_____________ 20. H.E. Mohamed Aden Wayel (SPM/SRRC Chairman)___________________ 21. H.E. Sh. Aden M. Nuur (RRA/ARRC)___________________________ 22. H.E. Ge. Mohamed S. Hirsi "morgan" (SPM/SRRC Chairman)____________ 23. H.E. Mohamed Osman Maye (SANU/SRRC Chairman)_________________ A/Yasin m. Sooyaan. Puntlandpost, Nairobi, Krenya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
