The 1961 constitution embedded the Act of Union of the two territories.

Evidence

By endorsing the constitution the Somali people endorsed the Act of Union embedded in it, which read, “The state of Somaliland and the state of Somalia do hereby unite and shall forever remain united in a new, independent, democratic, unitary republic, the name of which shall be the Somali Republic.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1347

Categorization

• XREF: Bears on the later union and its eventual dissolution; connects to broader Somali unification narrative.