Resolution on Somalia


CM/Res.1340 (LIV)


RESOLUTION ON SOMALIA


The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Fifty -fourth Ordinary Session in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, from 27 May to 1 June 1991,


Reaffirming the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Member States as enshrined in Article 2, Paragraph C of the Charter, as well as the principle of intangible territorial integrity of the Somali Republic,


Considering the serious political developments in Somali which threaten the unity of the Somali Republic:


  1. REAFFIRMS the indivisibility and the territorial integrity of the Somali Republic;


  1. DETERMINES that any attempt to subvert the territorial integrity, unity, and the inviolability of the Somali Republic is incompatible with the OAU Charter and therefore is unacceptable, null and void;


  1. CALLS UPON the Somali National Movement to rescind its decision of succession and work for the preservation of the unity and territorial integrity of the Somali Republic;


  1. SUPPORTS the initiatives of Egypt, Djibouti, the Sudan and Uganda together with any other sisterly countries in convening a national reconciliation conference at an early date and MANDATES the OAU Secretary-General to undertake a good offices mission to help all parties Arrive at an agreement to safeguard the national unity and territorial integrity Of the Somali Republic and ensure peace and political stability in the country;


  1. URGES all Somali National Movements to participate fully in the National Reconciliation Conference in Cairo;


  1. CALLS UPON the Member States of the OAU and international community to extend urgent humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia with a view to alleviating their plight.

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