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While Somalia is struggling with the prospect of new-found oil wealth, al-Shabaab terrorists are murdering citizens and may massacre AU peacekeepers with impunity and almost at will. What is the Government’s response to the grave concerns over AMISOM and Somalia’s forces’ operational capabilities, with a lack of effective co-ordination and shared command structures and, crucially, a lack of air power? What steps are the Government taking within the UN Security Council to support Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s declared ambition to reform financial governance of the national security sector, building a more integrated, accountable and transparent sector, subject to rigorous oversight?
While Somalia is struggling with the prospect of new-found oil wealth, al-Shabaab terrorists are murdering citizens and may massacre AU peacekeepers with impunity and almost at will. What is the Government’s response to the grave concerns over AMISOM and Somalia’s forces’ operational capabilities, with a lack of effective co-ordination and shared command structures and, crucially, a lack of air power? What steps are the Government taking within the UN Security Council to support Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s declared ambition to reform financial governance of the national security sector, building a more integrated, accountable and transparent sector, subject to rigorous oversight?
The noble Lord raises the serious matter of how al-Shabaab may be defeated in the area and the role of AMISOM. We support the
counter-al-Shabaab effort by funding, advice and support to AMISOM command, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, UNSOM, and the EU training mission. It is essential that we continue to do all we can with regard to skilling and supporting those military efforts. Somalia can have a successful future, but first it needs to overcome its security problems and encourage proper investment.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the dispute between Somaliland and Puntland over the Sanaag and Sool areas. [HL4828]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the dispute between Somaliland and Puntland over the Sanaag and Sool areas. [HL4828]
Somaliland and Puntland have a land border dispute over their shared territorial boundaries, which has led to tensions in the Sanag and Sool regions. In particular there are tensions between the Somaliland Administration and those clans in Sanag and Sool who have affiliated themselves with Puntland, and those who wish to set up a separate federal state aligned with the Federal Government of Somalia. These tensions occasionally spill over into sporadic outbreaks of unrest. The continuing insecurity makes it harder to deliver development assistance. We continue to raise our concerns about reports on the situation in Sanaag and Sool with both Somaliland and Puntland administrations. We urge dialogue and restraint on all sides.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Somaliland’s declared independence from Somalia.[HL4829]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Somaliland’s declared independence from Somalia.[HL4829]
The British Government considers that it is for Somalia and Somaliland themselves to determine their future relationship and for neighbouring countries in the region to take the lead in recognising any new arrangements.
Following the London Conference in February 2012, which “recognised the need for the international community to support any dialogue that Somaliland and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) or its replacement may agree to establish in order to clarify their future relations”, the TFG and Somaliland met for the first time at Chevening in the UK, in June 2012. We agreed to cooperate on matters of mutual interest. Somalia and Somaliland have held several further rounds of talks in Turkey, at Ministerial level, including earlier this month. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Mr Simmonds), raised the importance of a
lasting and mutually acceptable agreement between Somali and Somaliland during his discussions at the 2014 African Union Summit in Addis Ababa with the new Somali Foreign Minister, Abdurahman Duale Beyle.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the projected cost of aid from the Department for International Development to Somaliland, as compared to aid provided to Somalia, for the period 2010 to 2015.[HL4827]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the projected cost of aid from the Department for International Development to Somaliland, as compared to aid provided to Somalia, for the period 2010 to 2015.[HL4827]
DFID does not compile formal aid expenditure statistics broken down at sub-national level. UK bilateral overseas development assistance to Somalia (including Somaliland) was (in thousands): £40,359 in 2010, £94,907 in 2011 and £89,754 in 2012 (Source: Statistics on International Development 2012).
Lords question for short debate on what representations they are making to the Government of Kenya concerning the impact within the region of the outcome of the recent presidential election in that country.
Lords question for short debate on what representations they are making to the Government of Kenya concerning the impact within the region of the outcome of the recent presidential election in that country.
My Lords, with new companies employing in the order of 2,700 armed guards to meet the surge in demand, costing the international shipping community over $1 billion a year, does my noble friend agree with the analysis that the current downturn in piracy is temporary and that it will in time re-emerge from the Somali clans unless irreversible progress is achieved in stability, security and the rule of law? In that regard, what progress has been made since last year’s Somalia conference in London?
My Lords, with new companies employing in the order of 2,700 armed guards to meet the surge in demand, costing the international shipping community over $1 billion a year, does my noble friend agree with the analysis that the current downturn in piracy is temporary and that it will in time re-emerge from the Somali clans unless irreversible progress is achieved in stability, security and the rule of law? In that regard, what progress has been made since last year’s Somalia conference in London?
I can inform my noble friend that I have just come from a meeting. The president of Somalia is in the United Kingdom, having discussions about progress that has been made since the Somalia conference. My noble friend will be aware, too, that a follow-up conference has been planned for later on this year. I have the statistics somewhere in this great brief, but I can inform noble Lords that numbers of successful piracy attempts in that region have gone down dramatically. My noble friend is right that, ultimately, we need to keep working to keep those numbers down rather than providing security.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of how many Somali pirates have been jailed each year since 2009, and in which countries; and how many have been released without having been taken into custody.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of how many Somali pirates have been jailed each year since 2009, and in which countries; and how many have been released without having been taken into custody.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Government of Somalia to seek relocation of the British Office for Somalia, currently based in Nairobi, to Mogadishu and to reopen it as a British embassy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Government of Somalia to seek relocation of the British Office for Somalia, currently based in Nairobi, to Mogadishu and to reopen it as a British embassy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the assistance provided by security agencies of the United States, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the government of Uganda to assist with the investigation of the recent bombings in Kampala; whether they intend to assist the government...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the assistance provided by security agencies of the United States, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the government of Uganda to assist with the investigation of the recent bombings in Kampala; whether they intend to assist the government...
Lords debate on motion to call attention to developments in regional post-conflict stabilisation in eastern and central Africa. Motion withdrawn.
Lords debate on motion to call attention to developments in regional post-conflict stabilisation in eastern and central Africa. Motion withdrawn.