The SYL demanded UN Four Power trusteeship for ten years, never Italian rule

Evidence

The Somali Youth League favours trusteeship of the Four Powers under United Nations’ control for ten years, the population to be educated for selfgovernment in that time. It is opposed to Italian trusteeship “under any circumstances” and does not wish Ethiopian or general United Nations’ trusteeship. It has an elaborate programme for the future, including provision for education, economic development, development of organs of self-government, and a draft constitution… . If its request for Four Power trusteeship should not be possible, the League would accept trusteeship of any of the Four Powers chosen by the Four Powers. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 257

Categorization

• XREF: This states the SYL’s core constitutional demand that later shapes the 1960 union; connects to Somalia’s independence negotiation history.