Civil Society and Business Community Committee
Meeting
Hotel Nasa-Hablood, Mogadishu, Somalia
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mogadishu Civil
Society and Business Committee held their 2nd
meeting in Mogadishu on Sunday 31st
December, 2006. The Committee discussed the overall
situation in the country and the recent developments
in Mogadishu. At the end of the meeting, the
committee made the following recommendations;
-
Establishment of Banadir Regional Administration
To avert
deterioration of the security, maintain peace
and provide basic services to the community, it
is critical to establish a functioning
administration in Mogadishu as soon as possible.
In this regard, the committee proposes:
- To appoint
a Transitional Council, comprising of the
various sectors of the community, to work on
maintaining peace and security, delivery of
basic services and to prepare the region for
an official, constitutional administration.
- To reopen
the Mogadishu Port, National Airport, and
other economic facilities as soon as
possible.
- An
effective regional administration will take
necessary steps to stop revenge attacks,
looting of personal properties, Human Rights
violations against the vulnerable and the
marginalized in the society, and reduce
armed conflicts in the community. Committee
members and other prominent community
leaders will raise awareness of the public
on these issues using the local media, as
well as educational and religious centres.
- Ethiopian
Troops
The
presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia is
regrettable. To prevent clashes between the
Ethiopian troops and the public and minimize
the damage such escalation of violence could
bring, the committee proposes that all
Ethiopian troops should be removed
immediately from major population centers in
the country.
- Dialogue
and reconciliation.
To avoid
further bloodshed, destruction and displacement,
the Committee calls on the TFG to:
- Declare
ceasefire and stop all armed fighting at
once.
- Seek
peaceful settlement and dialogue to the
prolonged conflict in Somalia.
- Expedite
the Peacekeeping force authorized by the UN
Security Council
- The
Committee supports the efforts by the
international Community for a genuine
dialogue to establish a broad based,
inclusive government for Somalia.
- The Committee
expresses its concern of the dangers of a return
to the era of Warlordism, factionalism and clan
conflict in Somalia.
Mogadishu, 31st,
December 2006.
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