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  1. “I promise the Council that the Government can find a peace and reconciliation process that can be completed among Somalis, if we are given the opportunity and the external door can be closed.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  2. “The peace that we want is subregional peace, and stability in Somalia is a cornerstone of that peace. What happens in Somalia will have an impact on neighbouring countries. Therefore, the project and partnership that has been established between the international community and the Somali Government and people must succeed, because the impact goes far beyond the borders of Somalia. I believe that the proof of that is the piracy that we have experienced in the past few years. We therefore ask for the Council's assistance and support. The crucial issue now is that of external vested interests that Wish to sustain and continue the war in Somalia. I think Somalis are of the mind that we can achieve peace and reconciliation if we can overcome the issue of external interference and external vested interests that wish to sustain the war.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  3. “Over and beyond that, we expect that an expanded project of suicide bombings will be undertaken and will come to pass as another tactic of terrorism seeking to destabilize not only the Somali Government but also the international community, which is coming to the aid of Somalia. In conclusion, our request to the Council is that it view Somalia within the subregional context. The subregion as a whole has been through a 50-year cycle of war - from the Sudan to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Our people have suffered 50 years of civil and inter-State wars - in effect, since the 1950s or early 1960s. We believe that Somalia is a key factor for the stability of the subregion. The peace that we seek, and which we believe the Council seeks, is not limited only to Somalia.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  4. “But what has become clear is that, on the military side, the objective of the past two months has been to overthrow the Government, which was the basis of the initial attack in April. That project of Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam has now run out of steam. It has now been concluded, on our side and on their side, that that project to seize power and overthrow the Government cannot and will not come to fruition. It will not succeed as a military operation. That has resulted in a change of tactics, which we first saw in the hostage- taking that has taken place not only in Mogadishu but also in the Northern Frontier District of Kenya, as well as in the impact of the abuse of the institutions and facilities of the United Nations itself.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  5. “At the international level, we are very grateful for the support and the position of the African Union and the recent summit held in Libya, which fully took on board the political, diplomatic, military and financial needs of Somalia. We are also grateful for the endorsement by the African Union summit of the proposals that the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Somali Government have put to it. That was followed by an IGAD ministerial meeting, which again concluded that, aside from the actions of the Security Council and the United Nations, we in IGAD need to act on a subregional basis. IGAD has also now adopted resolutions and decisions that establish local sanctions on a subregional basis to confront the issue of individuals and entities in IGAD countries that are spoilers of the peace process.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  6. “As has been said, our commitment at the political level to peace and reconciliation is neither temporary nor in any way limited. We remain open, willing and ready to incorporate into the Djibouti peace process any and every party that agrees to the re-establishment of the rule of law and is willing to sit across the negotiating table to deliberate on and find a way forward. I believe, as my good friend Ambassador Ould Abdallah has said, that proof of that is the recent agreement with Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a as a new partner in the reconstruction of Somalia. Similar efforts are taking place within the country as well as within the diaspora Somali community across the world. That dialogue is continuous and will be maintained and sustained. We are committed to peace and reconciliation as an ongoing process that does not have a time limit.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  7. “The international community has come to our assistance, which we appreciate. I believe we have now assumed the tasks and responsibility for the needs of our country. What is also clear, we believe, is that the Somali people and the international community have come to a decision that the continuous reinvention of the wheel in the repeated conferences that have taken place in the past has now come to an end. Now is the moment to rebuild an institutional base and an operational State that will bring stability to Somalia. I think that is a very important decision. In partnership, we are now of like minds that this has to work and be put in place so that the State can be rebuilt properly and Somalia can take its place in the international community.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  8. “First and foremost, Mr. President, I thank you for this opportunity to participate in this discussion on Somalia. I also wish to take this occasion to pay tribute to the Secretary- General and my good friend Ambassador Ould Abdallah for all the efforts and energy he has brought to bear on the situation, and for his leadership over the past two years and more. In the same spirit, I also wish to pay tribute to and to thank the agencies of the United Nations and the international community for their continuing stance, shoulder to shoulder, with the Somali people. However, as has been said - and we all agree - the issues and the problems of Somalia have to be solved by Somalis. The responsibility lies not only with the Government but with the people of Somalia, wherever they are.”

    2009-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6173 (2009) · source

  9. “The process is now under way in the southern part of the country, and we believe that we can complete that process and close the current chapter of the history of Somalia.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  10. “The indication and example of the international community's involvement in Somalia, alongside our own peacebuilding and peacemaking efforts, are represented by the initiatives of the Security Council, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, the African Union Mission in Somalia, and the forces of Uganda and Burundi. Both Burundi and Uganda have gone through the same experiences as us, and I believe that they are the proof that the consistency of the international community can help people on the ground deliver the peacemaking and the peacebuilding that we are discussing here today. Despite the fact that 18 years have passed in Somalia, the achievements in the North and the North- East speak for themselves and for Somalia.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  11. “In terms of Somalia, those are the two priority areas where we need the international community to complete the cycle and the circle of peacemaking and peacebuilding. That is necessary both for the peacebuilding in the North and the North-East and for the peacemaking in the South, where we are engaged. On behalf of Somalia and its people, we are ready and we confirm our readiness to work with the Secretary-General, the Council, the Peacebuilding Commission, the World Bank and all United Nations agencies to carry through those two elements - capacity-building, on the one hand, and the coordinated and timely response led by the United Nations agencies, on the other.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  12. “That can be achieved only by reinforcing both the ongoing political peacemaking process and the security stabilization programme. Somalis have shown national ownership in the stable parts the North and the North-East and in the Djibouti peace process. We have a three-pronged base for national ownership: the North, the North-East and now the Djibouti peace in the South. That has been achieved at a high cost in human life. We now believe that the proposals and recommendations of the Secretary-General first, for one, a coordinated and timely response by the United Nations agencies and the international community and, secondly, for the capacity-building of the institutions of the State on the ground are the two most critical factors that need to put in place.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  13. “From our perspective and due to our history, the peace that we seek is subregional. For 50 years, the Horn of Africa has been at war in one form or another, and we believe that the wider peacemaking and peacebuilding effort in the Horn of Africa is the only guarantee for the peace that we are working towards in Somalia. Secondly, our experience shows that peacemaking and peacebuilding are not only parallel and simultaneous, but also incremental. In Somalia, despite the problems, two thirds of the country are peaceful and in the peacebuilding phase. The North and the North-East provide examples of locally grounded initiatives that have developed and grown to that stage. We are now fully and frankly engaged in the completion of the Djibouti peace process in the remaining third - the southern part - of the country.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  14. “First of all, I thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to participate in and contribute to the consideration of the way forward for peacemaking and peacebuilding. The Secretary- General's report (S/2009/304) reflects both our experience and our needs. We welcome and support its proposals and recommendations. Somalia and South Asia are proof that we have no choice but to make peace and to build on it. To take but one example, piracy off the waters of Somalia, based on the absence of a national capacity to enforce the rule of law for 18 years, has impacted and affected the lives of almost every region of the world. Therefore, I believe that disengagement from peacemaking and peacebuilding is not an option at all. As has been said, peacemaking needs vision and a common strategy.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  15. “The issue, though, remains what answer can we expect and what answer can the world expect from the opposition. We have sought to engage at every opportunity, but we have no clarity either on their requirements locally or on their proposals internationally. The Somali people, whom I represent here today, are not willing to give up or to miss the opportunity that is here today. We will do whatever needs to be done. We ask for the Council's assistance, as it has pledged to give us the resources, the support and the partnership that we previously enjoyed, so that the turmoil in Somalia, both on land and in international waters, can be addressed and we can contribute to resolving the problems offshore in the high seas.”

    2009-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6124 (2009) · source

  16. “But if we cannot get a response, we are left in silence. With all that we see happening today in Mogadishu - with all the bombings and firefights that are going on - the only reply that we have received has been this past week. Yet, our commitment is the commitment that we made to the international community, the Secretary- General and the Security Council, that we support the rule of law, the re-establishment of the State institutions, good-neighbourliness with our neighbouring countries in the subregion, respect for human rights, structured and implemented by the organs of the State, and respect for all faiths, which is the basis of sharia law. Sharia respects every faith and there is no compulsion in faith. That is the way that we have implemented it. So we remain committed to that programme, and we will not be dislodged.”

    2009-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6124 (2009) · source

  17. “We have never missed any opportunity to encourage any party, whether in the country or outside, not to remain outside the process or unengaged by us. With regard to the current leadership of the opposition, Hizbul Islam and Mr. Hassan Dahir Aweys, we have sought every opportunity, including in the past three days, to make personal contact with him to find out what it will take to stop the bloodshed. That is our only requirement: stop the bloodshed and let us talk. Our door is open. We are not setting preconditions. Our difficulty, throughout these past three months, has been that we cannot get an answer. Since the election of the President on 30 January, we have sought out Mr. Aweys and Hizbul Islam. We have gone to every part of the globe, and we have offered our table and our hand for that purpose.”

    2009-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6124 (2009) · source

  18. “We therefore welcome the report and we are fully ready, willing and able to work with the Secretary- General, the United Nations and its agencies to implement these proposals for the empowerment of the Somali security forces, the capacity-building of the institutions of governance and the expanded ability of the African Union Mission in Somalia. We are committed and ready to move ahead. I would, on this occasion, however, like to take a moment to speak on current events, as matters are developing on the ground. I personally left Mogadishu on Friday afternoon, and these events started on Wednesday evening. The Government and the President, as confirmed by the council of religious elders, have been ready, are ready and will be ready for a ceasefire and negotiations to implement peace.”

    2009-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6124 (2009) · source

  19. “If I may return to that, I think this is the first occasion upon which the international community and Somalia have established an effective basis for stabilizing Somalia and for establishing the rule of law. The rule of law was the basis of the agreement that was reached in Djibouti, and the central parameter and the backbone of that policy is peace. This is what we have sought. It was the basis on which the President was elected, the cabinet named and the ministers authorized. I am pleased to confirm that the Somali people in all parts of the country, be it in the North, in Central Somalia or in the South, have not only welcomed, but in essence have seen this as what they have lacked and have been looking for.”

    2009-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6124 (2009) · source

  20. “Allow me to take this opportunity to thank, first and foremost, the Security Council, the Secretary-General and the United Nations as a whole for organizing the donors' conference in Brussels on 23 April, and the international community and the donor organizations for the pledges and commitments that were made and fulfilled at that event. Secondly, allow me to also take the opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for the report (S/2009/210) that is before us today. We welcome this report. We believe that it outlines in a clear format the basic structure and partnership between the Somali Government and the international community for the peace and stability of Somalia, which are the desire and the goal that have been sought for the past 20 years.”

    2009-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6124 (2009) · source

  21. “We are not responsible for that, and for that reason we ask the Council not to place us in a chicken-and-egg situation. We are living in the present, and we need the Council's urgent assistance to enable us to meet the targets for the 100 days. This is a dynamic situation, yet we believe we can establish peace and bring more people on board and into the peace process. But we need urgent attention, in parallel, to AMISOM. and to our security forces. If we can get to that benchmark, I think the next meeting will be far more positive.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  22. “I therefore want to reinforce the urgency and immediacy of the situation. Finally, I want to say that we have a balance sheet. In our view, we have four points on the plus side and four points on the minus side. On the plus side we have political will; we have public momentum; we have 3,300 joint security forces that are ready in terms of human resources; and we have the willingness and the receptivity of the international community and the regional countries. Those are the four pluses. The four points on the minus side are these: we have the spoilers who so far reject peace and stability; we have piracy; we have a lack of resources; and we have the past failures to deal with, in terms of both history and perception. We can do nothing about the past.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  23. “I wish first, on behalf of my Government and my people, to express our gratitude for the deep sympathy and appreciation that all participants have shown for the Somali people in the circumstances that currently prevail. I think that the international community and the Somali people are in partnership not only on the issues of Somalia but on those related to the subregion as well. Essentially, I believe, the Somalis have delivered part of what they can do. On the political aspects, we have responded - and I think we have delivered. It is 30 days since the Government was put together. It will be another 30 days before the pledging conference for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). That means that 60 days will have gone out of the 100- day target we have set ourselves: we will be left with only 40 days.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  24. “In 2008, 111 piracy attacks occurred, and in 2009, seven attacks have occurred already. For our part, we are ready, willing and able to integrate the required actions against piracy into the twin pillars of our security development and stabilization programme, as detailed earlier. We look to the international community for an immediate, agreed plan for implementation. In Somalia, the momentum for peace has created a new momentum. Somalia is no longer caught in the stalemate of conflict between factions of approximately equal weight. This momentum is led by the Government. We have gained credibility with the Somali people. We are establishing coherence through the State institutions, which we need to be empowered. Most of all, however, we need the resources for the competence needed for governance.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  25. “With regard to humanitarian aid, as confirmed by the Secretary-General in his report (S/2009/ 132), more than 3 million people will need humanitarian assistance due to both displacement and drought. Of that total, 580,000 are internally displaced people in the vicinity of Mogadishu. This is a danger to human life that can be averted. It is also a danger to the peace and stability that we all seek. The fruits of peace must show in the lives of the displaced and the victims of drought. They need the Council to act, as they deserve its assistance. With regard to piracy, as stated by the Secretary- General, defeating piracy in Somalia requires the restoration of the rule of law. As the origin and base of piracy is on land, defeating piracy can only be done in partnership with the Government.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  26. “The Government of national unity that is now in place has been recognized by the international community. Yet the need to work with the organs of the Government - however fragile - and to respect its dignity and sovereignty must be highlighted. We all need to make adjustments in attitudes and in operational habits and procedures. Those adjustments must be telescoped into the resourcing of capacity-building for Government institutions. Personnel in the ministries and departments of the Government need training and provision of expertise to re-establish effective operations for the delivery of public services and administrative governance at both the federal and local levels.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  27. “Without such resources, visible and effective demonstration of the authority of the State and the rule of law will not be achieved and peace will not be secured. Finally, with regard to the arms embargo in the security sector, if the Joint Security Force is to be equipped by the international community, to partner with AMISOM. and to secure peace, the embargo on the Government must be readdressed. The second area concerns, in terms of our requirements, cooperation with the Government and capacity-building. The peace process and the achievements so far have been undertaken in partnership with the international community. Our common objectives, and the investments made, have been to assist the Somali people to establish effective institutions of State and the rule of law.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  28. “With regard to the Joint Security Force, it has not been adequately funded, resourced or equipped thus far, yet it is AMISOM'S essential partner for peacekeeping. Without an operational Joint Security Force on the Somali side, AMISOM. and the peacekeeping mission will be hampered for lack of a national partner force that will, in time, take on the responsibility for security and stability. As for the United Nations peacekeeping force, we welcome and support the commitment to establish such a force for Somalia, and we confirm that a significant number of the benchmarks detailed in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/132) are already in place. With respect to the pledging conference set for 22 April, it is most crucial to resource the security sector as a whole, as detailed earlier.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  29. “We are at a landmark moment, and we cannot afford to fail. We therefore ask you, the member Governments, and other multilateral institutions to support the Government with urgent and immediate action in the following areas. The first is security stabilization. The Government's security and peacekeeping strategy is based on the twin pillars of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Joint Security Force of the Government. With regard to AMISOM, we have requested from the African Union Peace and Security Council and the Governments of Burundi and Uganda that three additional battalions be sent to Somalia on an urgent basis. That needs to be undertaken immediately, with improved equipment, logistics and medical facilities.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  30. “Some, however, still refuse the offer of peace and dialogue, even when we reconfirm that the Sharia is the source of the law, as it is under the Charter of the Transitional Federal Government, and that it will remain so under the proposed constitution now under preparation. Yet we remain ready to negotiate with them, but we will do so only across the table. The gun must be put away. We have focused and set our targets on the first 100 days. The Somali people have shown their will for peace, and our responsibility as a Government is to provide credibility, coherence and competence in governance. That can be built only in partnership and collaboration with the international community. The society of States that is represented by the United Nations must put the past and its disappointments behind it.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  31. “Our fifth and most recent initiative has been the re-establishment of our dialogue with the international community through the International Contact Group on Somalia, the Arab League and the African Union and through bilateral discussions in the subregion with Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda, undertaken through presidential Visits to those countries over the past 10 days. The need for peace and the will for liberty to achieve it have shown that, in the end, the voice and the will of the people must prevail. That has been no less inevitable in Somalia than it has been in the history of the world. Today in Somalia there are no warlords; there are no clan wars; there are no political factions holding the country hostage.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  32. “This mobilization and motivation among the major stakeholders - including merchants and businessmen, clan elders, religious leaders, women and young people - has gathered such momentum that the peace process is now, in reality, a common property that is being both championed and defended by the Somali people and by communities themselves. Our fourth initiative has been to re-estainsh the authority of the State and the rule of law in the economy. That has started with the assumption of full authority over Mogadishu port and airport, which are, respectively, the principal seaport and airport in Somalia. Both have been restructured with new administrations and internationally acceptable operational procedures. They are two new sources of 09-27495 internal revenue for the Government, which we aim to develop and strengthen.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  33. “The second was the integration of the forces of the Transitional Federal Government and of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia into the Joint Security Force. That has been successful and effective in the rebuilding of national security forces, which are essential to the establishment of peace and security within the country and are the means for reconciliation within the priority sector of State institutions. The third has been the developing mobilization of the Somali people in support of the peace process.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  34. “Our first and foremost policy is and will remain the establishment of peace and security in Somalia. That can be achieved only through dialogue, negotiation, the will for compromise and reconciliation. The people of Somalia and the international community have paid a high price to reach this point, and we see it as the moment of truth. We, as the Government, and our partners, the international community, now have the responsibility and the opportunity to realize what has eluded us all for 18 years. Over the past four weeks of its operation, the Government has taken five essential actions to lay the foundations for its programme of peace and reconciliation. The first was its immediate and irreversible assumption of the seat of government in the capital, Mogadishu.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  35. “As the Council is aware, the Djibouti peace process delivered a firm platform for a Government of national unity, with the election of our new President on 30 January and his appointment of the Prime Minister on 13 February. One month ago to this day, the Prime Minister announced the new Cabinet, which was sworn into office on 21 February and given an almost unanimous mandate by parliament on the same day. Within a week, the President, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and parliament all returned to Somalia and assumed the seat of government on a permanent basis with the required quorum, and the first Cabinet meeting took place on 28 February. This assumption of 09-27495 the seat of government is permanent and irreversible, and the business of government is now fully under way from Mogadishu.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source

  36. “I am pleased to have this opportunity to report recent developments and the significant progress made by the Government of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke. First, however, I wish to thank the Council, the Member States, the Governments, the Secretary-General and the United Nations as a whole for the aid and assistance that they have given to Somalia and the Somali people over the past 18 years. Their support and that of the international community has been crucial for the past efforts for peace in Somalia. We acknowledge and appreciate that, and we now wish to take that forward in partnership with them to re-establish the institutions of the State and to implement the rule of law.”

    2009-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6095 (2009) · source