2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference

Somali Civil War Disarmament in Somalia The 2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference was held from 15 July 2007 until 30 August 2007Somalia: Reconciliation Conference to Be Concluded on Thursday, Says Mahdi in Mogadishu; it was announced on 1 March 2007 by Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/8052 News | SomaliNet www.somalinet.com 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120206133001/http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/8052 6 February 2012 deadEthiopia: Somali Nat'l Reconciliation Conference Scheduled for April allAfrica Preparations More than 3,000 people from all of Somalia's regions and clans as well as from the Somali diaspora participated.http://en.people.cn/200703/19/eng20070319_359027.html People's Daily Online -- 3,000 delegates to attend Somalia's National Reconciliation Congress en.people.cn 2020-11-18 2022-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220611170028/http://en.people.cn/200703/19/eng20070319_359027.html dead The United States had announced their support for the conference.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/22/content_5878995.htm Xinhua - English 2007-03-21 2012-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20121007233942/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/22/content_5878995.htm dead Moderate Islamists in exile in Eritrea had also been invited,http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/6214470.html People's Daily Online - Reconciliation conference to go ahead: Somali president en.people.cn 2020-11-18 2021-01-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20210121115440/http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/6214470.html dead but had refused to attend. It was originally planned to be held from 16 April until mid-June, but was postponed thrice, first to 15 May 2007,http://en.people.cn/200704/12/eng20070412_365714.html People's Daily Online -- Somali reconciliation conference adjourned to mid-May en.people.cn 2020-11-18 2022-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220611165847/http://en.people.cn/200704/12/eng20070412_365714.html dead then to 14 June 2007http://en.people.cn/200704/19/eng20070419_367801.html People's Daily Online -- New date set for Somali reconciliation conference en.people.cn 2020-11-18 2021-03-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20210322164832/http://en.people.cn/200704/19/eng20070419_367801.html dead and finally to 15 July 2007.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6747999.stm Somali conference postponed again June 13, 2007 news.bbc.co.uk Events When the conference finally opened on 15 July 2007, it immediately adjourned until 19 July 2007 to allow for more delegates to arrive, since the moderate Islamists had not yet ended their boycott of the conference.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6899684.stm Somali peace conference postponed July 15, 2007 news.bbc.co.uk The conference building was being attacked with mortars on that date, as well, and again on 17 July 2007.http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/6217948.html People's Daily Online - Somali reconciliation conference venue under mortar attacks again en.people.cn 2020-11-18 2020-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20201017063353/http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/6217948.html dead The conference eventually opened for real on 19 July 2007; however, moderate Islamists and Hawiye clan elders still boycotted it, claiming that the venue were not neutral. Islamists have scheduled a conference in Asmara instead. There was an 11-point program to be discussed at the conference, including the holding of elections.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6905958.stm Somali talks bombs kill children July 19, 2007 news.bbc.co.uk According to commentators, little was achieved at the conference.https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/74031/somalia-opinions-mixed-reconciliation-conference-winds Opinions mixed as reconciliation conference winds up August 30, 2007 The New Humanitarian See also 2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference References Further reading "Diplomat Optimistic Somalia Conference Will Bring True Peace" in Voice of America news, July 19, 2007. "Somalia Reconciliation Conference Opens, but Soon Stalls" in The New York Times, July 16, 2007. "Somaliland Boycotts to Attend the Reconciliation Conference" in allAfrica.com, July 15, 2007. Category:2007 in politics Category:War in Somalia (2006–2009) Category:Somali peace process Somali National Category:Peace conferences Category:July 2007 in Africa Category:August 2007 in Africa