International recognition was awarded to a phantom government while the functioning one was ignored.
Evidence
The ironic paradox in the summer of 2002 was that, while a government did not actually exist in Mogadishu, it was recognized and disingenuously promoted by the U.N.; in contrast, the functioning and democratically elected Somaliland government, that owed virtually everything to its own efforts, remained unrecognized. This absurd anomaly did nothing to assist southern Somalia’s recovery. Indeed, in many respects it retarded its real development. However much it may have served the interests of numerous layers of U.N. bureaucracy (and subsidiary professional peace makers), and sustained Italian nostalgia, this travesty of reality condemned the T.N.G. to a fantasy existence, and obscured and distorted the true situation in southern Somalia. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 705 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
The U.N., in fact, had decided that its initiative was a success from the beginning and was not prepared to see whether ‘Abdulqassim and his ministers would actually succeed in winning public support on a sufficiently wide front to warrant the title ‘government’. Abdulqassim, obviously, had started off badly with a highly centralized political structure and by failing to honour his pledge to move the Somali capital to Baidoa. In its rush to legitimate his fledgling administration, the U.N. committed a more serious blunder by immediately granting the T.N.G. diplomatic recognition, and welcoming its representative to the Somali seat at the General Assembly. While some Arab states with Islamic and commercial links with the new leaders quickly followed suit, America and the European Union (despite persistent Italian pressures) prudently waited to see how Arta would go down in Somalia. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 684 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: International recognition rewarded a phantom government while ignoring the functioning Somaliland one; The UN recognized a non-existent Mogadishu government while ignoring the functioning Somaliland one. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 705; The U.N. rushed recognition of a government that lacked wide support. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 684
Related
- International recognition rewarded a phantom government while ignoring the functioning Somaliland one (similarity 0.96)
- The U.N. rushed recognition of a government that lacked wide support. (similarity 0.91)
- The UN recognized a non-existent Mogadishu government while ignoring the functioning Somaliland one. (similarity 0.91)
- The UN served as a propaganda arm disguising the Transitional National Government’s failures (similarity 0.84)
- Somaliland’s foundational 1993 Borama conference was funded and run locally without U.N. support (similarity 0.81)
- The UN endorsed the Arta government before determining its popular legitimacy (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- International recognition rewarded a phantom government while ignoring the functioning Somaliland one
#corroborates(0.95) - The UN recognized a non-existent Mogadishu government while ignoring the functioning Somaliland one.
#corroborates(0.90) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 705 - The U.N. rushed recognition of a government that lacked wide support.
#expands(0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 684