Chatham House in London published in June 2012 an analysis titled End of the Roadmap: Somalia after the London and Istanbul Conferences. Jason Mosley, an associate fellow at Chatham House, concluded that the roadmap will probably continue towards its goal of handing over to a caretaker administration on 20 August 2012. The end of the roadmap will not, however, signal an end to Somalia's transition. The new administration will face many of the same challenges threatening the TFG, and some other generated by the roadmap process itself.
Click here to read the analysis.
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Istanbul Conference Communique on Somalia
The Second Istanbul Conference on Somalia took place on 31 May - 1 June 2012. Click here to read the final communique.
The conference did not provide any surprises and followed in the footsteps of the London Conference earlier this year. It did demonstrate Turkey's willingness to remain engaged in Somalia. It emphasized the need to implement a smooth transition as the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia comes to an end in August. On Somaliland, it supported dialogue between Hargeisa and the TFG. It also noted "the need to adjust international support to the political structures in Somaliland" whatever that means.
On security in Somalia, the Conference agreed to revitalize funding arrangements and took note of the proposal for the establishment of a new "Rebuilding and Restructuring Fund for the Somali Security Sector" initiated by Turkey to offer additional support to the Somali security forces. Again, it is not clear what Turkey plans to offer.
The conference did not provide any surprises and followed in the footsteps of the London Conference earlier this year. It did demonstrate Turkey's willingness to remain engaged in Somalia. It emphasized the need to implement a smooth transition as the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia comes to an end in August. On Somaliland, it supported dialogue between Hargeisa and the TFG. It also noted "the need to adjust international support to the political structures in Somaliland" whatever that means.
On security in Somalia, the Conference agreed to revitalize funding arrangements and took note of the proposal for the establishment of a new "Rebuilding and Restructuring Fund for the Somali Security Sector" initiated by Turkey to offer additional support to the Somali security forces. Again, it is not clear what Turkey plans to offer.
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