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Concerned Somali Diaspora and Civil Society Groups Demand Accountability in Somalia

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Friday, July 27, 2012

To: H.E. Ban Ki Moon
UN Secretary General

Cc: H.E. Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga
Special Representative toSomalia(SRSG) and Head of the United Nations
Political Office forSomalia(UNPOS)

Your Excellency:

newOn July 15, 2012, World Today reported that the United Nations could impose sanctions on corrupt Somali politicians by imposing travel bans on them and by freezing their assets. As members of the Diaspora who follow the events of their homeland, we would like to express our support for this initiative. We believe that this will be instrumental in bringing an end to the culture of impunity, lack of transparency and accountability, in our homeland.

In this context, we refer to the report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia, addressed to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee on June 27, 2012, and pursuant to UN Resolution 751 on Somalia. According to this report, the TFG leadership floats on “endemic corruption” and that its resistance to power sharing constitutes “the principal impediment to security and stabilization in Southern Somalia.” The investigation conducted by the Monitoring Group confirmed “involvement of senior TFG officials in the misappropriation of millions of dollars of domestic revenues and foreign aid, including contributions from Oman and South Sudan.”

A World Bank report which was published in May 2011 points out that “almost 68 percent of the TFG revenues in 2009-10 were unaccounted for.” From the sale of passports, even diplomatic passports to notorious pirates, so that they can move freely throughout the world, to the printing of paper money to buy loyalty and disinherit millions of people, the TFG leaders continue to lavish on a corrupt and violent system where nobody can be held accountable. In its report, the Monitoring Group warns that “Somalia’s prospects for stabilization and effective governance have fallen prey to political and commercial “elites” who appropriate, privatize and criminalize the core functions of the Somali State, enriching themselves while perpetuating a political economy of state collapse”.

We would also like to bring your attention to the fraud that is in the current political dispensation and the process of approving a draft constitution and setting up a Constituent Assembly. Clan chiefs selected and in the payroll of the TFG will select the 225 members of the Parliament who will in turn select a President on August 20, 2012. The Clan Chiefs are guided throughout this process by a Technical Committee handpicked by those accused of corruption and they are expected to reward loyalty and alienate anyone who raises questions. In our view, this is a circus, where the TFG will elect itself to power. Dictatorship and destabilization will be the only outcome of this process. This process must be reviewed immediately so its legitimacy can be restored.

Your Excellency:

We, the undersigned members of the Somali Diaspora and civil society groups believe that a systematic embezzlement of funds of this scale from the people of Somalia who are struggling to restore their national institutions constitutes a serious attack on human dignity. In this view, we support the International Community’s initiative to impose strict travel ban on these leaders and freeze their accounts.We believe that this initiative will be instrumental in bringing an end to the culture of impunity, lack of transparency and accountability in Somalia.

This will also give the Somali people the opportunity to investigate them properly and to prosecute them. In addition, we urge the International Community to defer the debate on the new constitution until the new parliament and government are in place.

Thank you.

Names of the Signatories

1. Dr. Qasim Hersi – Toronto, CANADA
2. Omar Warfaa, Toronto, Canada
3. Dr. Mohamed Gilio Tennis, Toronto, Canada
4. Ismail D. Osman, Ohio, USA
5. Prof. Hassan Mohamud “Jaamici”, USA.
6. Abdi Dirshe, Toronto, Canada
7. Abdikhayr Soofe, Ohio, USA
8. Abdi Roble – NC – USA
9. Basto Ahmed, VA USA
10. Abdiaziz Haji Hussein, MN. USA
11. Mohamud Abdirahman, TN. USA
12. Mohamed Haji (Ingriis), UK
13. Eng Mohamud Ali Mohamed, London, UK
14. Hussein Warsame, Virginia USA
15. Daud Abdi USA
16. General Ahmed M. Jama , Virginia, USA
17. Professor Nur Farah, Minnesota-USA
18. Mohamud Abdirahman, Minnesota-USA
19. Ibrahim Sheik Isaq (MP), London, UK.
20. Sabraa Halane, Minn. USA
21. Abdulkadir Hashi Ali (Fish)
22. Mohamed Ahmed Urur, Toronto, Canada
23. Mohamed Ahmed Awke, Toronto, Canada
24. Sadaq Mohamed Farah – Londin UK
25. Abdulahi Nur Jess – Holland
26. Naima Mohamed Farah – London UK
27. Mahad Mohamed Sheiknor Manchester, UK
28. Ahmed M. Ali “Kimiko” Netharlands
29. Osman Hassan, UK
30. Kenadid R Abdirahman, USA
31. Aini Ga’al, EGYPT
32. Daud Ed Osman, Minn. USA
33. Khadra Mohamed, Ohio, USA
34. Abshir Dorre Elmi, Ottawa, Canada
35. Ahmed Abdisalaan, Toronto, Canada
36. Omar Mohamed, Toronto, Canada
37. Mohamed Mohamud, Windsor, Canada
38. Ahmed Alim, Toronto, Canada
39. Abdirahman Dirie, Toronto, Canada
40. Mohamed Ali Gutaale, Ottawa, Canada
41. Mohamed Yusuf, Toronto, Canada
42. Khadija Ahmed, Canada
43. Dr Saida Ahmed, Alberta, Canda
44. Ali Ghedi, Somalia
45. Sheiknor Qasim – MN, USA
46. Ali Said Aliyow – Australia
47. Mohamud Uluso, Michigan, USA
48. Nasir Ahmed Koshin, Canada
49. Liban M. Sheik Ali, UK
50. Mukhtar Haji M Hussein (Xamari), Toronto, Canada.
51. Osman Hassan Gelle “Ugaas”, Virginia, USA
52. Shamso M. Farah, London, UK
53. Ismahan Ali Hassan, London, UK
54. Guhaad Hashi Said, USA
55. Hussein Abshir, Toronto, Canada
56. Warsame Jirde, Toronto, Canada
57. Farah Ahmed Ali (Gamuute),Edmonton, Canada
58. Ibraahim Iimaan, Boston, USA
59. Abdulkadir Ali Abdi “Xuurka”, Columbus, USA
60. Abukar Osman, Columbus, USA
61. Mohamoud A Ismail USA
62. Liban Dahir Nur, London, UK
63. Abdirahman Abdulle Siad, Toronto, Canada
64. Abdi Musse, Toronto, Toronto, Canada
65. Abdulkani Raghe Barrow, Ottawa, Canada
66. Mohamed I. Aden, USA
67. Jibril Aw Mohamed, Columbus, USA
68. Cumar Sidow Ali, OH, USA
69. Ali X. Aliyow, USA
70. Adan Omar abukar, USA
71. Amina Saed Ali, USA
72. Abdullahi Faqi, USA
73. Abdullahi Saed Ali, USA
74. Saciid Abubakar, USA
75. Hassan Abdulqadir, USA
76. Abdullahi M. Munye, USA
77. Munye M. Sheegow, USA
78. Maxamed Abdulqadir, USA
79. Mohamed Saeed Suldaan, USA
80. Amina H. Hussein, USA
81. Zahra Habiib Maxamuud, USA
82. Nafiisa Ibrahim Ali, USA
83. Shukri Dhalbas
84. Lul Hassan Nuur, USA
85. Sheekh Ali Ahmed, USA
86. Ali S. Omar, USA
87. Hussein Cumar Sidi, USA
88. Mohamed Farah USA
89. Abi Issa, Toronto Canada
90. Abdulkadir Said, Toronto, Canada
91. Abdirashid Farah Keyton, Toronto, Canada
92. Abdi Abdullahi Toronto – CANADA
93. Abdi Hassan, Toronto, Canada
94. Bashir Hussein, Toronto, Canada
95. Abdikarin Warsame USA
96. Zahra Omar, Toronto, Canada
97. Mohamed Ahmed, USA
98. Shukri Issa, Mississauga, Canada
99. Hashim Omar, Mississauga, Canada
100. Abdirahman Farah, CANADA
101. Abdulkadir Ahmed, USA
102. Abshir Hassan, USA
103. Abdiaziz Wehelie, Toronto, Canada
104. Abdulkadir Dahir, NORWAY
105. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, SWEDEN
106. Abdulkadir Yusuf, HOLLAND
107. Asha Omar, Mississauga, Canada
108. Abukar Hussein, Toronto, Canada
109. Aden Salad, Toronto, Canada
110. Aden Mahad, Toronto, Canada
111. Daud I. Abdi, Somalia
112. Ahmed Gacal, Toronto, Canada
113. Ahmed Idris, USA
114. Ahmed Osman, USA
115. Ahmed Sheikh, Toronto, Canada
116. Ali Abdirashid, Toronto, Canada
117. Ali Nur, Toronto, Canada
118. Ali Said, Germany
119. Abdimahad Muhamed, Toronto, Canada
120. Amina Sahal, Kenya
121. Abdirahin Mohamud, Toronto, Canada
122. Ahmed Umar, Toronto, Canada
123. Hassan Osman, USA
124. Abdisadik Duale USA
125. Bile Yusuf, London, UK
126. Guled Issa, Malaysia
127. Habib Hassan, Toronto, Canada
128. Abdirizak Ahmed USA
129. Ismail Hussein USA
130. Jamal Abdi, USA
131. Jabril Moalin, Toronto, Canada
132. Hassan Karshe, Kitchener, Canada
133. Hassan Abshir, Toronto, Canada
134. Khalif Hassan, USA
135. Zahra Sahal, USA
136. Liban Ahmed, USA
137. Liban Abshir, USA
138. Liban Mumin, Toronto, Canada
139. Abdirizak Hashi, Toronto, Canada
140. Mohamed Sh. Ali, Toronto, Canada
141. Mohamed Issa – KENYA
142. Mohamed Yusuf, USA
143. Asha Abukar Kassim, USA
144. Muhiadin Noor, Toronto, Canada
145. Sakawadin Mohamed, St. Paul MN
146. Nur Alin, Toronto, Canada
147. Nur Moalim, Toronto, Canada
148. Osman Duale, Toronto, Canada
149. Abdulkadir Sahal – USA
150. Hassan Sahal –USA
151. Abdulkadir Issa – Netherlands
152. Abdikafi Issa – Sweden
153. Asho Hassan, USA
154. Zahro Hassan, USA
155. Hussein Elmi, Toronto, Canada
156. Yassin Abdirahman, USA
157. Yusuf Abikar, Toronto, Canada
158. Zakaria Hussein, UK
159. Yusuf Hassan, UK
160. Aweys Ibrahim, Toronto, Canada
161. Ahmed Abshir, Toronto, Canada
162. Hassan Sheikh, USA
163. Eng. Mohamed Ali Adow, Toronto, Canada
164. Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed, Toronto, Canada
165. Mohamed Hassan, Toronto, Canada
166. Ahmed Mohamud Yasin (Burhan), Toronto, Canada
167. Abdirashid Ugas Toronto, Canada
168. Abdinasir Adan Goomey, Toronto, Canada
169. Abdirizak Sahal – USA
170. Garad Sabriye, London, UK
171. Qamar Mohamed Hassan, Toronto, Canada
172. Liban Olow, Toronto, Canada
173. Abdi Ali Ahmed, (Uloos), Toronto, Canada
174. Faisal Dirie, Toronto, Canada
175. Qadar Ahmed Farah, Toronto, Canada
176. Yusuf Hagi Khalif, Toronto, Canada
177. Abdirahman Hussein Ali, Toronto, Canada
178. Rahma Osman, Toronto, Canada
179. Mohamud Hagi Elmi, Toronto, Canada
180. Mohamed Sheikh Said, USA
181. Halima Hassan, Toronto, Canada
182. Mohamed Osman Farah, Toronto, Canada
183. Asha Ali Wehelie, Toronto, Canada
184. Ayan H. Elmi, Toronto, Canada
185. Anab A. Ali, Toronto, Canada
186. Jawahir Haji Elmi, Toronto, Canada
187. Fawsiya Hagi Ahmed, Toronto, Canada
188. Liban H. Elmi, Toronto, Canada
189. Salad Osman Farah, USA
190. Said Abdullahi, USA
191. Fartun Elmi Wehelie, USA
192. Ramadan H. Elmi, USA
193. Jamal Sh. Said, USA
194. Mohamed Farah, Toronto, Canada
195. Mohamed Isse Mudey, LA, USA
196. Sharif Ahmed, Toronto, Canada
197. Hassan Mohamed, Toronto, Canada
198. Ismail Warsame Nur, Toronto, Canada
199. Mohamed Ali, Washington, USA
200. Mohamed Nur Ahmed, Falls Church, Virginia
201. Mohamed Barre (Junlay), Minn. USA
202. Mohamed Abubacar, Falls Church, VA. USA
203. Omar Abdulle, London, UK
204. Salado Musse Farah, Toronto, Canada
205. Mohamoud I. Adan,
206. Ahmed Nur,
207. Ahmed B. Abdullahi,

Cc: Human Rights Council

Cc: H.E. Ambassador Gurard ARAUD
PermanentMissionofFranceto the United Nations

Cc: H.E. Ambassador VITALY CHURKIN
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federationto the United Nations,

Cc: H.E. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grat
UK Missionto the UN

Cc: H.E. Ambassador Susan E. Rice Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations

Cc: H. E. Ambassador Ufuk Gokcen Organization of the Islamic Conference
Permanent ObserverMissionto the United Nation

Cc: H.E. Ambassador Helen Beckman,
Secretary to Head of Delegation
European Union Delegations

Cc: H.E. Ambassador Li Baodong
Permanent Representative and Ambassador of the
People’s Republic ofChinato the United Nations

Cc: Human Rights Watch
Cc: Amnesty International

July 31, 2012

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