Somaliland’s foundational 1993 Borama conference was funded and run locally without U.N. support
Evidence
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 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Somaliland’s 1993 Borama conference restored order through local clan-based peacemaking; Somaliland’s Borama conference created a bicameral legislature blending elders and elected members; 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
- The U.N. rushed recognition of a government that lacked wide support. (similarity 0.87)
- Somaliland’s 1993 Borama conference restored order through local clan-based peacemaking (similarity 0.84)
- The UN endorsed the Arta government before determining its popular legitimacy (similarity 0.83)
- Somaliland’s Borama conference created a bicameral legislature blending elders and elected members (similarity 0.83)
- International recognition was awarded to a phantom government while the functioning one was ignored. (similarity 0.81)
- North Somaliland restored order through local clan initiatives while the south failed (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- The U.N. rushed recognition of a government that lacked wide support.
#complicates(0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 684