Somaliland Public Affairs Committee (SPAC)

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Somaliland Public Affairs Committee (SPAC) is an advocacy organisation working for the recognition of Somaliland. Its aims are to primarily develop links between the Somaliland Government and its people in the Diaspora. In addition to this, SPAC aims to engage with and lobby the British Government to formally recognise the existence of Somaliland.

 

SPAC was created with the conscious aim of setting up an all inclusive, interest based, alternative policy and political lobby group for Somaliland. Although a number of factors can be attributed to the non-recognition of Somaliland, one factor that has hindered Somaliland being recognised is the non-existence of a well organised and co-ordinated lobby group. SPAC hopes to fill this void and attempts to increase communication between the Somaliland government and those somalilanders in the Diaspora.

 

Objectives of SPAC:

 

1. Recognition of Somaliland as a national sovereign state;

 

2. To promote democracy in Somaliland;

 

3. To promote and support the building of democratic institutions in the executive, legislative and judiciary;

 

4. To promote elections and parliamentary participation in Somaliland

 

5. To promote participation of members of the Diaspora to get involved in politics at the national level and local level in the United Kingdom.

 

6. To establish and maintain links with Somalilanders in the Diaspora;

 

7. Encourage the Somali Diaspora to considerwhat they can contribute to the development of Somaliland

 

8. Provide a means of engaging with and lobbing the British Government to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state;

 

9. To establish links with the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Somaliland;

 

10.To work with local MPs to advocate on our behalf regarding Somaliland

 

11. Alternative policy formulating Think Tank

 

for more info or how any of you can join SPAC: spacuk@hotmail.com

 

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[Jacaylbaro]

Hmmm ,, Very good indeed.

 

 

Can you brief us about the committee's activities carried out since it is created ??