Somali independence leaders never acknowledged their key UN ally Rafik Asha

Evidence

The Syrian representative on the council, Rafik Asha, posed the most critical questions pertaining to the trusteeship territory’s progress toward independence. He was very supportive of the SYL and was considered an important Somali ally. He remained at the UN long after Somalia gained its independence, but the new Somali leadership never publicly acknowledged his services. He told Hussen when Hussen came to New York as an ambassador, “Shame on Somalis.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1265