Arta Conference

The Arta (or Arta Conference) refers to the 2000 Somali National Peace Conference held in Arta, Djibouti, which produced an interim constitution and transitional government. The conference is noted for its centralized design that replicated Siad Barre’s model and for excluding existing regional states such as Somaliland and Puntland, with its assembly seen as partly staged and unrepresentative.

Claims that use this term

• The Arta interim constitution replicated Siyad’s centralized design, ignoring Somaliland and Puntland
• The Arta 2000 conference produced its assembly partly through staged, unrepresentative enrollment
• The Arta transitional government functioned essentially as a business enterprise
• The Arta conference replicated Siyad’s centralized government and excluded existing regional states
• The Arta conference’s assembly had to be padded with street recruits at its close