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Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War

January 31, 2023

Main articles: Somalia War (2006–2009) and Disarmament in Somalia

Various international and local diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War have been in effect since the conflict first began in the early 1990s. The latter include diplomatic initiatives put together by the African Union, the Arab League and the European Union, as well as humanitarian efforts led by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS).

Diplomatic initiatives

Main articles: IGASOM and International Somalia Contact Group

UN Security Council Resolutions

 

On December 6, 2006 the UN Security Council passed a pair of resolutions involving Somalia:

  • Resolution 1724, stresses the arms embargo on Somalia and calls all UN member nations to avoid exacerbating the conflict by shipping arms into the region.[1]
  • Resolution 1725, authorizes "IGAD and Member States of the African Union to establish a protection and training mission in Somalia." This mission was dubbed IGASOM, and for the purposes of their mission, the arms embargo was lifted to allow them to bring weapons into the country.[2][3]

Somali reaction to the resolutions was generally positive for supporters of the TFG,[4] and negative for supporters of the ICU.[5]

IGAD and AU members balked at creating the necessary peacekeeping force. There was ICU resistance to allowing Ethiopian troops be part of the mission, for instance. Uganda, the one nation that initially committed to provide a battalion of troops, later backed away from its pledge when the Islamists threatened to attack any UN peacekeepers that entered the country.[6][7] In its defense, the current crisis does not allow for peacekeepers when there is active hostilities conducted with heavy weapons (see Battle of Baidoa).

On December 26, at 3 pm New York time (2000 GMT), the UN Security Council heard a briefing on the crisis by special envoy for Somalia, Francois Lonseny Fall of Guinea.[8] In the briefing, he said all UN and NGO staff had been evacuated from the area, including the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team. The fighting had put nearly 2 million flood-affected persons at severe risk.[9]

Kofi Annan called Ethiopian and Kenyan leaders to attempt to arrange a halt to the fighting, while the Security Council was briefed on the situation.[10]

On December 27, the UN Security Council remained deadlocked for the second day, with council chair Qatar refusing to budge over the demand for withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from the country.[11]

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

 

By the authority of UN Security Council 1725, the member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD and the African Union (AU) are enchartered to conduct a peacekeeping mission to Somalia. Dubbed IGASOM, the mission would seek to put UN-sanctioned peacekeepers in the country for the first time since the 1992-1995 missions (UNOSOM I, UNITAF, and UNOSOM II).

On December 2, 2006, representatives of IGAD and the ICU met and published a cordial and formal communique[12] committing the ICU to the IGAD plans. Subsequently, the ICU has declared its opposition to the mission.

IGASOM never deployed to Somalia. Instead, in early 2007, the mission was expanded to invite willing members of the broader African Union, and dubbed the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM).

African Union

Main article: AMISOM

By the authority of UN Security Council 1725, the member states of IGAD and the African Union (AU) are enchartered to conduct a peacekeeping mission to Somalia. Originally dubbed IGASOM, the mission would seek to put UN-sanctioned peacekeepers in the country for the first time since the 1992-1995 missions (UNOSOM I, UNITAF, and UNOSOM II). IGASOM never deployed to Somalia. Instead, in early 2007, the mission was expanded to invite willing members of the broader African Union, and dubbed the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM).

On January 6, 2005 the original plans for the AU to put peacekeepers in Somalia was first agreed by the AU Peace and Security Council. Uganda was cited as the first nation to commit troops to the mission. Yet the mission did not materialize as planned. A year later, no AU or IGAD peacekeepers had been deployed.[13]

On December 23, 2006, the AU issued a release signed by AU President Alpha Oumar Konaré calling for a cease fire.[14]

On December 26, 2006, the AU implicitly backed Ethiopia's intervention on behalf of the Somali Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic. AU spokesman Patrick Mazimhaka was quoted as saying "We do not criticise Ethiopia because Ethiopia has given us ample warning that they are threatened by the Islamic Courts group."[15]

On January 14, 2007, an AU delegation arrived in Mogadishu to discuss the deployment of international peacekeepers.

AMISOM and TFG troops had effectively pushed out al-Shabaab from Mogadishu, the Somali capital, by August 2011.

The U.N. would approve AMISOM efforts in 6 month increments, with the option to renew. Through 2012, troops have been approved to battle the al-Shabaab insurgents. On February 22, 2012, The U.N. also voted to increase the number of authorized troops to 17,700 from 12,000 and to expand the scope of the mission.[16]

Yemen

 

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh met separately with both TFG and ICU representatives respectively on December 5 and December 6 to see if rapprochement might be possible between the parties. However, for now, both parties said a dialogue was impossible because of increased tensions and fighting.[17][18]

European Union

 

On December 20, 2006 just as major hostilities were breaking out, European Union Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel conducted shuttle diplomacy between the TFG seat in Baidoa and the ICU government seat in Mogadishu. The warring parties agreed to talk, but the conflict continued to rage on, worrying observers whether the prospects of talks are moot for now.[19][20][21]

On December 25, the EU Presidency, held by Finland, issued a plea to end the fighting in Somalia.[22] EU Commissioner Louis Michel likewise called for the TFG and ICU to resume talks in Khartoum.[23]

On January 3, 2007, EU leaders met and agreed it was unlikely for them to send any peacekeepers to Somalia, and were also unclear about what financial assistance they might give a peacekeeping mission, but affirmed their interest to continue humanitarian support to the nation.[24]

Arab League

 

Somalia is an official member of the League of Arab States or Arab League. On December 23, 2006 Samir Hosni, Director of African Affairs for the Arab League called for a halt to the violence. The Arab League seeks to co-sponsor peace talks with the African Union.[25]

In Egypt, Somalia was discussed, as well as conflicts in Lebanon and Chad, at a meeting between Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (also "Abu-al-Ghayt") and Sudanese Arab League envoy to Lebanon Mustafa Osman Ismail.[26]

On December 24, 2006 in Cairo, Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Ahmed bin Hilli made an appeal for a cessation of fighting in an interview with al-Arabiya television of Dubai.[27]

On December 26, an Arab League spokesman said his organization would like all hostilities to stop and warring parties to respect the binding agreements they signed before world community. He said Somalia doesn't need outside intervention and Ethiopia must leave Somalia.[28]

United States

 

On December 23, 2006, US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice met with Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa to urge Uganda to take a leading role in establishing peacekeeping operations in Somalia through IGAD.[29] In 2011, the United States provided approximately $565 million in humanitarian assistance for the horn of Africa.[30]

Humanitarian efforts

United Nations

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

 

The UN runs various humanitarian efforts in Somalia aimed at redressing issues brought on by the protracted conflict, mainly in the southern part of the country.[31] Eric Laroche was assigned as the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for all local relief efforts.[32]

OCHA had deployed the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC), but intermittently had to suspend operations due to security concerns resulting from the heavy fighting.[9][33]

High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR)

The UNHCR has a presence throughout Puntland, Somaliland, and southern and central Somalia. Although the UNHCR's coordination program for Somalia is based in Nairobi, Kenya,[31] the UN moved its overall headquarters for the country in 2012 to Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, on account of improved security.[34]

The UNHCR's Deputy High Commissioner, Wendy Chamberlin, spent a great deal of time in 2006 focusing efforts on the Horn of Africa, which had been struck by terrible drought, followed by torrential floods.[35]

On December 26, 2006, UN High Commissioner on Refugees António Guterres made an appeal to end the crisis in the region and warned of large-scale displacements if fighting continued.[36]

Through 2012, the UNHCR expects to sustain delivery of relief supplies to affected persons so as to address the lingering effects of the 2011 Eastern Africa drought.[31]

UNICEF

In 2006, UNICEF provided care to 250,000 out of the 330,000 people affected by floods that hit the southern Shabelle and Juba river valley areas of Somalia.[37] Among other programs, it also operated the Bay Project 1 (BP1) camp in Baidoa near the frontlines for internally displaced persons (IDPs) who lived in the area prior to the resumption of fighting.[38]

World Food Programme

 

Since November 2011, all food transported by the World Food Programme (WFP) has come by sea. The WFP ships carrying food to Somalia have been accompanied by naval escorts from Operation Atalanta and NATO; since the WFP started using naval escorts, none of the ships have been attacked en route to the ports.[39]

The World Food Programme provided humanitarian relief to hundreds of thousands of persons in Somalia and over a million throughout the Horn of Africa during 2006. By December 2006, they had provided food to 278,000 of 455,000 affected people in the country.[40] On December 24, 2006, a WFP-chartered Antonov-12 dropped 14 tons of food to Afmadow, which had been cut off by flooding.[41] On December 27, 2006, WFP airdrop efforts were suspended and personnel relocated from Kismayo to Nairobi, Kenya, after the government put restrictions on flights. Ground operations continued.[42]

On January 2, 2007 WFP operations, including UN Common Air Services (UNCAS) flights, were resumed. Offices were reopened in Bu'aale and Wajid, and deliveries of food resumed to Afmadow province. A ship docked in Mogadishu on December 26 with 4,500 tons of food, and was finally able to offload its cargo while the port underwent the change of hands from the ICU to a local sub-clan, and finally to the TFG.[43]

In August 2011, the WFP delivered nutritional supplements to the children of Mogadishu. The WFP was limited in where they can deliver to because al-Shabaab had banned them from delivering food to areas that fall under their control.[44]

Puntland Maritime Police Force

The Puntland Maritime Police Force is a locally recruited, professional maritime security force of the autonomous Puntland region. It is primarily aimed at preventing, detecting and eradicating piracy, illegal fishing, and other illicit activity off of the coast of Somalia, in addition to generally safeguarding the nation's marine resources.[45][46]

In addition, the Force provides logistics support to humanitarian efforts, such as repairing wells; delivering relief supplies, medical supplies, food and water; rehabilitating hospitals and clinics; and refurbishing roads, airports and other infrastructure. It also offers skills training programs to local communities.[46][47]

International Committee of the Red Cross

 

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been operating continuously in Somalia since 1977, when famine and the Ogaden War caused humanitarian crises. In the case of 2006, their mission has been similarly set by alternating periods of severe drought and flooding, and calamities caused by man-made war.

On December 26, 2006 Antonella Notari, spokeswoman for the ICRC, declared over 800 war wounded had been taken in at Somali hospitals since the beginning of Ethiopian air strikes. She said that thousands were leaving the war zone and that it was too early to tell whether this was a temporary displacement.[48]

On December 31, 2006, a plane chartered by the ICRC on its way to Somalia with a load of fuel drums and aid supplies, crashed not long after taking off in Nairobi, Kenya. The crew of three survived.[49]

From June to October 2011, the ICRC, in partnership with the SRCS, was able to open 11 new outpatient feeding programs and 9 mobile health teams. These operations have helped over 27,800 malnourished children.[50]

Somali Red Crescent Society / Ururka Bisha Cas

 

The Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) is the national branch of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

The local office in Baidoa is at the literal front lines of the civil war.[51][52]

Ahmed Gure of the SRCS was also on hand to witness the Ethiopian air strikes against Beledweyne on December 24, 2006:

An eyewitness told IRIN that aircraft, allegedly Ethiopian, had struck areas near the town of Beletweyne in Southern Somalia this morning. "Two jet airplanes bombarded the town this morning. They came back five times," said Ahmed Gure of the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) in Beletweyne. He said the attack took about an hour. Gure said many of the town's population were only just starting to return from temporary camps after they were displaced by recent flooding, and "can ill-afford to move again, but I am afraid if the situation deteriorates they will move again."[41]

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders Efforts

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) organized flood relief earlier in 2006, in an effort known as the Galgaduud Project. It focused on nutrition, non-food related deliveries, dealt with war-related suffering, as well as medical care.[53]

On December 23, MSF Director of Operations Bruno Jochum expressed concern if military aircraft—especially US military aircraft—might be used to drop humanitarian aid because it risks misperceptions of connection between aid workers and the military, which might make it unsafe to continue working in Somalia.[54]

On February 16, 2007, a gunman attacked two MSF Spain staff in Baardheere. MSF doctors and staff are in the town working to reopen the largest hospital, which had been closed for the past decade. The workers were uninjured. Local clan leaders pledged their support for the work of MSF in the region.[55]

CARE

Paul Daniels is the Assistant Country Director for CARE-Somalia[56]

CARE estimates 1.8 million people were pushed to the brink of starvation in the region due to drought, flood and civil war combined, while it could only provide food to 600,000 persons. Over 1 million lost their homes due to flooding.[57]

Save the Children

Save the Children joined with other humanitarian NGOs to appeal to the warring factions to end the conflict.[56] The organization also provided humanitarian relief during the 2011 Eastern Africa drought.[58]

World Vision

  • World Vision-Somalia - Contact Details (Reuters Alertnet)
  • Graham Davison - Operations Director, World Vision-Somalia[56]

Mercy-USA

  • Relief Projects in Somalia
  • Help flood survivors in Somalia!

Norwegian Church Aid

On December 31, 2006, spokeswoman Kari Øyen of Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), a member of ACT, reported that 10,000 people had been displaced to Garbaharrey by recent fighting. NCA was dispensing blankets and relief supplies.[59]

Notes

  1. ^ S/RES/1724 (2006): The situation in Somalia (PDF) 2006-12-24 at the Wayback Machine UN Security Council
  2. ^ S/RES/1725 (2006): The situation in Somalia (PDF) 2006-12-24 at the Wayback Machine UN Security Council
  3. ^ UN approves Somalia resolution MISNA
  4. ^ A pro-UN decision demonstration on Somalia happens in Baidoa 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network
  5. ^ Lifting arms embargo on Somalia angers Islamists 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks
  6. ^ Controversy in Ugandan government over sending troops to Somalia 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network
  7. ^ Uganda in quandary of sending peacekeepers to Somalia 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks
  8. ^ UN council sets urgent meeting on Somalia conflict Reuters
  9. ^ a b U.N. council Somalia emergency meeting UPI
  10. ^ As Somalia fighting flares, Annan calls African leaders while envoy urges Council to act UN
  11. ^ Somalia peace talks stall at UN ABC News
  12. ^ Communique (PDF) 2006-12-21 at the Wayback Machine IGAD
  13. ^ SOMALIA: African Union to deploy peacekeepers IRIN
  14. ^ Somalia Crisis Worries African Union Prensa Latina
  15. ^ AU backs Ethiopian strikes on Somalia ABC
  16. ^ "UN votes to increase African force in Somalia". AJC.
  17. ^ Somalia’s lawmaker visits Yemen as Egypt calls for fresh democratic election 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network
  18. ^ Somalia’s Islamists rules out talking with the transitional government 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network
  19. ^ Somalis clash as EU envoy jets in to push talks Reuters
  20. ^ Somalia: EU commissioner Louis Michel arrives in Mogadishu September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks
  21. ^ Somalia: ICU and TFG accept peace dialogue as fighting continues 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine SomaliNet
  22. ^ EU Presidency issues statement on Somalia Xinhua
  23. ^ EU condemns escalation of conflict in Somalia Xinhua
  24. ^ ROUNDUP: EU Unlikely To Send Peacekeepers To War-torn Somalia 2007-05-10 at the Wayback Machine DPA
  25. ^ Arab League calls for dialogue to halt clashes in Somalia September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Xinhua
  26. ^ Egypt, Sudan discuss Lebanon, Somalia, Chad Sudan Tribune
  27. ^ Xinwua
  28. ^ Somalia: War bulletin for December 26, 2006 January 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine SomaliNet
  29. ^ Washington urges Uganda to ease Somalia’s Crisis 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks
  30. ^ "Biden visits Somali refugees; U.S. announces new aid". USA Today. August 8, 2011.
  31. ^ a b c "2012 UNHCR country operations profile - Somalia". UNHCR.
  32. ^ Eric Laroche, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia 2006-09-06 at the Wayback Machine IRC
  33. ^ UNDAC 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine OCHA
  34. ^ . Xinhua. 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  35. ^ Deputy High Commissioner Chamberlin visits flood-hit camps in Kenya UNHCR
  36. ^ Guterres warns of possible large-scale displacement in Somalia UNHCR
  37. ^ UNICEF assisting 250,000 flood-hit Somalis UNICEF
  38. ^ Camp in Baidoa is home to IDPs UNICEF
  39. ^ "WFP Activities". United Nations. World Food Programme.
  40. ^ U.N. reports "growing food insecurity" in Somalia Reuters
  41. ^ a b IRIN: More people flee as fighting spreads IRIN
  42. ^ WFP pulls staff from Somalia 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine AFP
  43. ^ WFP operations in Somalia start to return to normal Reuters
  44. ^ "Somalia famine: WFP begins aid airlift to Mogadishu". BBC. July 27, 2011.
  45. ^ . Garowe Online. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17.
  46. ^ a b . Puntland Maritime Police Force. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  47. ^ Puntland Government Delivers Food and Water 2016-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  48. ^ At least 800 war wounded in Somalia -Red Cross Reuters
  49. ^ Aid plane crashes in Kenya 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Kenya London News
  50. ^ "ICRC". ICRC. 24 July 2014.
  51. ^ Field Operations in Somalia IFRC
  52. ^ Ururka Bisha Cas (Somali Red Crescent Society) SRCS
  53. ^ The Galgaduud Project, Somalia - 2006 2007-01-06 at the Wayback Machine MSF
  54. ^ Somalia faces humanitarian crisis as clashes continue
  55. ^ . Shabelle Media Network. 2007-02-16. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  56. ^ a b c Dozens killed as fighting rages in Somalia Xinhua
  57. ^ Drought, floods and conflict - triple emergency in Somalia CARE
  58. ^ "African crisis exposes failed logic of humanitarian system". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  59. ^ Intensifies emergency response in Gedo, Somalia Norwegian Church Aid

External sources

  • Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) / Ururka Bisha Cas
  • The ICRC in Somalia
  • Somalia Refugees in Yemen including Somalia Refugees Development Association (SOMDRA)
  • IRIN humanitarian news and analysis - Somalia

January 31, 2023
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Main articles Somalia War 2006 2009 and Disarmament in Somalia Various international and local diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War have been in effect since the conflict first began in the early 1990s The latter include diplomatic initiatives put together by the African Union the Arab League and the European Union as well as humanitarian efforts led by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA UNICEF the World Food Programme WFP the Puntland Maritime Police Force PMPF and the Somali Red Crescent Society SRCS Contents 1 Diplomatic initiatives 1 1 UN Security Council Resolutions 1 2 Intergovernmental Authority on Development 1 3 African Union 1 4 Yemen 1 5 European Union 1 6 Arab League 1 7 United States 2 Humanitarian efforts 2 1 United Nations 2 1 1 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA 2 1 2 High Commissioner on Refugees UNHCR 2 1 3 UNICEF 2 2 World Food Programme 2 3 Puntland Maritime Police Force 2 4 International Committee of the Red Cross 2 5 Somali Red Crescent Society Ururka Bisha Cas 2 6 Medecins Sans Frontieres Doctors Without Borders Efforts 2 7 CARE 2 8 Save the Children 2 9 World Vision 2 10 Mercy USA 2 11 Norwegian Church Aid 3 Notes 4 External sourcesDiplomatic initiatives EditMain articles IGASOM and International Somalia Contact Group UN Security Council Resolutions Edit On December 6 2006 the UN Security Council passed a pair of resolutions involving Somalia Resolution 1724 stresses the arms embargo on Somalia and calls all UN member nations to avoid exacerbating the conflict by shipping arms into the region 1 Resolution 1725 authorizes IGAD and Member States of the African Union to establish a protection and training mission in Somalia This mission was dubbed IGASOM and for the purposes of their mission the arms embargo was lifted to allow them to bring weapons into the country 2 3 Somali reaction to the resolutions was generally positive for supporters of the TFG 4 and negative for supporters of the ICU 5 IGAD and AU members balked at creating the necessary peacekeeping force There was ICU resistance to allowing Ethiopian troops be part of the mission for instance Uganda the one nation that initially committed to provide a battalion of troops later backed away from its pledge when the Islamists threatened to attack any UN peacekeepers that entered the country 6 7 In its defense the current crisis does not allow for peacekeepers when there is active hostilities conducted with heavy weapons see Battle of Baidoa On December 26 at 3 pm New York time 2000 GMT the UN Security Council heard a briefing on the crisis by special envoy for Somalia Francois Lonseny Fall of Guinea 8 In the briefing he said all UN and NGO staff had been evacuated from the area including the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team The fighting had put nearly 2 million flood affected persons at severe risk 9 Kofi Annan called Ethiopian and Kenyan leaders to attempt to arrange a halt to the fighting while the Security Council was briefed on the situation 10 On December 27 the UN Security Council remained deadlocked for the second day with council chair Qatar refusing to budge over the demand for withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from the country 11 Intergovernmental Authority on Development Edit By the authority of UN Security Council 1725 the member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD and the African Union AU are enchartered to conduct a peacekeeping mission to Somalia Dubbed IGASOM the mission would seek to put UN sanctioned peacekeepers in the country for the first time since the 1992 1995 missions UNOSOM I UNITAF and UNOSOM II On December 2 2006 representatives of IGAD and the ICU met and published a cordial and formal communique 12 committing the ICU to the IGAD plans Subsequently the ICU has declared its opposition to the mission IGASOM never deployed to Somalia Instead in early 2007 the mission was expanded to invite willing members of the broader African Union and dubbed the African Union Mission to Somalia AMISOM African Union Edit Main article AMISOM By the authority of UN Security Council 1725 the member states of IGAD and the African Union AU are enchartered to conduct a peacekeeping mission to Somalia Originally dubbed IGASOM the mission would seek to put UN sanctioned peacekeepers in the country for the first time since the 1992 1995 missions UNOSOM I UNITAF and UNOSOM II IGASOM never deployed to Somalia Instead in early 2007 the mission was expanded to invite willing members of the broader African Union and dubbed the African Union Mission to Somalia AMISOM On January 6 2005 the original plans for the AU to put peacekeepers in Somalia was first agreed by the AU Peace and Security Council Uganda was cited as the first nation to commit troops to the mission Yet the mission did not materialize as planned A year later no AU or IGAD peacekeepers had been deployed 13 On December 23 2006 the AU issued a release signed by AU President Alpha Oumar Konare calling for a cease fire 14 On December 26 2006 the AU implicitly backed Ethiopia s intervention on behalf of the Somali Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic AU spokesman Patrick Mazimhaka was quoted as saying We do not criticise Ethiopia because Ethiopia has given us ample warning that they are threatened by the Islamic Courts group 15 On January 14 2007 an AU delegation arrived in Mogadishu to discuss the deployment of international peacekeepers AMISOM and TFG troops had effectively pushed out al Shabaab from Mogadishu the Somali capital by August 2011 The U N would approve AMISOM efforts in 6 month increments with the option to renew Through 2012 troops have been approved to battle the al Shabaab insurgents On February 22 2012 The U N also voted to increase the number of authorized troops to 17 700 from 12 000 and to expand the scope of the mission 16 Yemen Edit Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh met separately with both TFG and ICU representatives respectively on December 5 and December 6 to see if rapprochement might be possible between the parties However for now both parties said a dialogue was impossible because of increased tensions and fighting 17 18 European Union Edit On December 20 2006 just as major hostilities were breaking out European Union Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel conducted shuttle diplomacy between the TFG seat in Baidoa and the ICU government seat in Mogadishu The warring parties agreed to talk but the conflict continued to rage on worrying observers whether the prospects of talks are moot for now 19 20 21 On December 25 the EU Presidency held by Finland issued a plea to end the fighting in Somalia 22 EU Commissioner Louis Michel likewise called for the TFG and ICU to resume talks in Khartoum 23 On January 3 2007 EU leaders met and agreed it was unlikely for them to send any peacekeepers to Somalia and were also unclear about what financial assistance they might give a peacekeeping mission but affirmed their interest to continue humanitarian support to the nation 24 Arab League Edit Somalia is an official member of the League of Arab States or Arab League On December 23 2006 Samir Hosni Director of African Affairs for the Arab League called for a halt to the violence The Arab League seeks to co sponsor peace talks with the African Union 25 In Egypt Somalia was discussed as well as conflicts in Lebanon and Chad at a meeting between Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit also Abu al Ghayt and Sudanese Arab League envoy to Lebanon Mustafa Osman Ismail 26 On December 24 2006 in Cairo Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Ahmed bin Hilli made an appeal for a cessation of fighting in an interview with al Arabiya television of Dubai 27 On December 26 an Arab League spokesman said his organization would like all hostilities to stop and warring parties to respect the binding agreements they signed before world community He said Somalia doesn t need outside intervention and Ethiopia must leave Somalia 28 United States Edit On December 23 2006 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa to urge Uganda to take a leading role in establishing peacekeeping operations in Somalia through IGAD 29 In 2011 the United States provided approximately 565 million in humanitarian assistance for the horn of Africa 30 Humanitarian efforts EditUnited Nations Edit Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA Edit The UN runs various humanitarian efforts in Somalia aimed at redressing issues brought on by the protracted conflict mainly in the southern part of the country 31 Eric Laroche was assigned as the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for all local relief efforts 32 OCHA had deployed the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination UNDAC but intermittently had to suspend operations due to security concerns resulting from the heavy fighting 9 33 High Commissioner on Refugees UNHCR Edit The UNHCR has a presence throughout Puntland Somaliland and southern and central Somalia Although the UNHCR s coordination program for Somalia is based in Nairobi Kenya 31 the UN moved its overall headquarters for the country in 2012 to Mogadishu Somalia s capital on account of improved security 34 The UNHCR s Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin spent a great deal of time in 2006 focusing efforts on the Horn of Africa which had been struck by terrible drought followed by torrential floods 35 On December 26 2006 UN High Commissioner on Refugees Antonio Guterres made an appeal to end the crisis in the region and warned of large scale displacements if fighting continued 36 Through 2012 the UNHCR expects to sustain delivery of relief supplies to affected persons so as to address the lingering effects of the 2011 Eastern Africa drought 31 UNICEF Edit In 2006 UNICEF provided care to 250 000 out of the 330 000 people affected by floods that hit the southern Shabelle and Juba river valley areas of Somalia 37 Among other programs it also operated the Bay Project 1 BP1 camp in Baidoa near the frontlines for internally displaced persons IDPs who lived in the area prior to the resumption of fighting 38 World Food Programme Edit Since November 2011 all food transported by the World Food Programme WFP has come by sea The WFP ships carrying food to Somalia have been accompanied by naval escorts from Operation Atalanta and NATO since the WFP started using naval escorts none of the ships have been attacked en route to the ports 39 The World Food Programme provided humanitarian relief to hundreds of thousands of persons in Somalia and over a million throughout the Horn of Africa during 2006 By December 2006 they had provided food to 278 000 of 455 000 affected people in the country 40 On December 24 2006 a WFP chartered Antonov 12 dropped 14 tons of food to Afmadow which had been cut off by flooding 41 On December 27 2006 WFP airdrop efforts were suspended and personnel relocated from Kismayo to Nairobi Kenya after the government put restrictions on flights Ground operations continued 42 On January 2 2007 WFP operations including UN Common Air Services UNCAS flights were resumed Offices were reopened in Bu aale and Wajid and deliveries of food resumed to Afmadow province A ship docked in Mogadishu on December 26 with 4 500 tons of food and was finally able to offload its cargo while the port underwent the change of hands from the ICU to a local sub clan and finally to the TFG 43 In August 2011 the WFP delivered nutritional supplements to the children of Mogadishu The WFP was limited in where they can deliver to because al Shabaab had banned them from delivering food to areas that fall under their control 44 Puntland Maritime Police Force Edit The Puntland Maritime Police Force is a locally recruited professional maritime security force of the autonomous Puntland region It is primarily aimed at preventing detecting and eradicating piracy illegal fishing and other illicit activity off of the coast of Somalia in addition to generally safeguarding the nation s marine resources 45 46 In addition the Force provides logistics support to humanitarian efforts such as repairing wells delivering relief supplies medical supplies food and water rehabilitating hospitals and clinics and refurbishing roads airports and other infrastructure It also offers skills training programs to local communities 46 47 International Committee of the Red Cross Edit The International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC has been operating continuously in Somalia since 1977 when famine and the Ogaden War caused humanitarian crises In the case of 2006 their mission has been similarly set by alternating periods of severe drought and flooding and calamities caused by man made war On December 26 2006 Antonella Notari spokeswoman for the ICRC declared over 800 war wounded had been taken in at Somali hospitals since the beginning of Ethiopian air strikes She said that thousands were leaving the war zone and that it was too early to tell whether this was a temporary displacement 48 On December 31 2006 a plane chartered by the ICRC on its way to Somalia with a load of fuel drums and aid supplies crashed not long after taking off in Nairobi Kenya The crew of three survived 49 From June to October 2011 the ICRC in partnership with the SRCS was able to open 11 new outpatient feeding programs and 9 mobile health teams These operations have helped over 27 800 malnourished children 50 Somali Red Crescent Society Ururka Bisha Cas Edit The Somali Red Crescent Society SRCS is the national branch of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC The local office in Baidoa is at the literal front lines of the civil war 51 52 Ahmed Gure of the SRCS was also on hand to witness the Ethiopian air strikes against Beledweyne on December 24 2006 An eyewitness told IRIN that aircraft allegedly Ethiopian had struck areas near the town of Beletweyne in Southern Somalia this morning Two jet airplanes bombarded the town this morning They came back five times said Ahmed Gure of the Somali Red Crescent Society SRCS in Beletweyne He said the attack took about an hour Gure said many of the town s population were only just starting to return from temporary camps after they were displaced by recent flooding and can ill afford to move again but I am afraid if the situation deteriorates they will move again 41 Medecins Sans Frontieres Doctors Without Borders Efforts Edit Doctors Without Borders Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF organized flood relief earlier in 2006 in an effort known as the Galgaduud Project It focused on nutrition non food related deliveries dealt with war related suffering as well as medical care 53 On December 23 MSF Director of Operations Bruno Jochum expressed concern if military aircraft especially US military aircraft might be used to drop humanitarian aid because it risks misperceptions of connection between aid workers and the military which might make it unsafe to continue working in Somalia 54 On February 16 2007 a gunman attacked two MSF Spain staff in Baardheere MSF doctors and staff are in the town working to reopen the largest hospital which had been closed for the past decade The workers were uninjured Local clan leaders pledged their support for the work of MSF in the region 55 CARE Edit Paul Daniels is the Assistant Country Director for CARE Somalia 56 CARE estimates 1 8 million people were pushed to the brink of starvation in the region due to drought flood and civil war combined while it could only provide food to 600 000 persons Over 1 million lost their homes due to flooding 57 Save the Children Edit Save the Children joined with other humanitarian NGOs to appeal to the warring factions to end the conflict 56 The organization also provided humanitarian relief during the 2011 Eastern Africa drought 58 World Vision Edit World Vision Somalia Contact Details Reuters Alertnet Graham Davison Operations Director World Vision Somalia 56 Mercy USA Edit Relief Projects in Somalia Help flood survivors in Somalia Norwegian Church Aid Edit On December 31 2006 spokeswoman Kari Oyen of Norwegian Church Aid NCA a member of ACT reported that 10 000 people had been displaced to Garbaharrey by recent fighting NCA was dispensing blankets and relief supplies 59 Notes Edit S RES 1724 2006 The situation in Somalia PDF Archived 2006 12 24 at the Wayback Machine UN Security Council S RES 1725 2006 The situation in Somalia PDF Archived 2006 12 24 at the Wayback Machine UN Security Council UN approves Somalia resolution MISNA A pro UN decision demonstration on Somalia happens in Baidoa Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network Lifting arms embargo on Somalia angers Islamists Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks Controversy in Ugandan government over sending troops to Somalia Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network Uganda in quandary of sending peacekeepers to Somalia Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks UN council sets urgent meeting on Somalia conflict Reuters a b U N council Somalia emergency meeting UPI As Somalia fighting flares Annan calls African leaders while envoy urges Council to act UN Somalia peace talks stall at UN ABC News Communique PDF Archived 2006 12 21 at the Wayback Machine IGAD SOMALIA African Union to deploy peacekeepers IRIN Somalia Crisis Worries African Union Prensa Latina AU backs Ethiopian strikes on Somalia ABC UN votes to increase African force in Somalia AJC Somalia s lawmaker visits Yemen as Egypt calls for fresh democratic election Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network Somalia s Islamists rules out talking with the transitional government Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Network Somalis clash as EU envoy jets in to push talks Reuters Somalia EU commissioner Louis Michel arrives in Mogadishu Archived September 30 2007 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks Somalia ICU and TFG accept peace dialogue as fighting continues Archived 2011 08 09 at the Wayback Machine SomaliNet EU Presidency issues statement on Somalia Xinhua EU condemns escalation of conflict in Somalia Xinhua ROUNDUP EU Unlikely To Send Peacekeepers To War torn Somalia Archived 2007 05 10 at the Wayback Machine DPA Arab League calls for dialogue to halt clashes in Somalia Archived September 30 2007 at the Wayback Machine Xinhua Egypt Sudan discuss Lebanon Somalia Chad Sudan Tribune Arab League calls for dialogue to halt fighting in Somalia Xinwua Somalia War bulletin for December 26 2006 Archived January 17 2007 at the Wayback Machine SomaliNet Washington urges Uganda to ease Somalia s Crisis Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine Shabelle Media Networks Biden visits Somali refugees U S announces new aid USA Today August 8 2011 a b c 2012 UNHCR country operations profile Somalia UNHCR Eric Laroche United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Archived 2006 09 06 at the Wayback Machine IRC UNDAC Archived 2006 12 09 at the Wayback Machine OCHA UN Somalia office moves to Mogadishu first time in 17 years Xinhua 25 January 2012 Archived from the original on January 18 2016 Retrieved 23 May 2012 Deputy High Commissioner Chamberlin visits flood hit camps in Kenya UNHCR Guterres warns of possible large scale displacement in Somalia UNHCR UNICEF assisting 250 000 flood hit Somalis UNICEF Camp in Baidoa is home to IDPs UNICEF WFP Activities United Nations World Food Programme U N reports growing food insecurity in Somalia Reuters a b IRIN More people flee as fighting spreads IRIN WFP pulls staff from Somalia Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine AFP WFP operations in Somalia start to return to normal Reuters Somalia famine WFP begins aid airlift to Mogadishu BBC July 27 2011 PPSACCIG Garowe Online Archived from the original on 2013 10 17 a b About Puntland Maritime Police Force Puntland Maritime Police Force Archived from the original on 11 August 2012 Retrieved 25 April 2012 Puntland Government Delivers Food and Water Archived 2016 03 22 at the Wayback Machine At least 800 war wounded in Somalia Red Cross Reuters Aid plane crashes in Kenya Archived 2011 07 22 at the Wayback Machine Kenya London News ICRC ICRC 24 July 2014 Field Operations in Somalia IFRC Ururka Bisha Cas Somali Red Crescent Society SRCS The Galgaduud Project Somalia 2006 Archived 2007 01 06 at the Wayback Machine MSF Somalia faces humanitarian crisis as clashes continue A gunman opens fire at the employees of MSF Spain in southern Somalia Shabelle Media Network 2007 02 16 Archived from the original on September 27 2007 Retrieved 2007 02 16 a b c Dozens killed as fighting rages in Somalia Xinhua Drought floods and conflict triple emergency in Somalia CARE African crisis exposes failed logic of humanitarian system The Sydney Morning Herald 18 July 2011 Retrieved 18 July 2011 Intensifies emergency response in Gedo Somalia Norwegian Church AidExternal sources EditSomali Red Crescent Society SRCS Ururka Bisha Cas The ICRC in Somalia Somalia Refugees in Yemen including Somalia Refugees Development Association SOMDRA IRIN humanitarian news and analysis Somalia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War amp oldid 1123333839, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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