Agreement on the establishment
of an ad hoc committee,
signed in Addis Ababa, on 15 January 1993
We, the undersigned Somali political leaders, meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 15 January 1993, at the Informal Preparatory Meeting on National Reconciliation in Somalia;
Determined to continue our efforts to resolve all pending issues from the Informal Preparatory Meeting, in particular, the question of criteria for participation at and the agenda for the National Reconciliation Conference scheduled to begin on 15 March 1993;
Further determined to ensure the immediate implementation of all agreements reached during the Informal Preparatory Meeting;
Hereby decide to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to continue the discussion aimed at resolving the question of criteria for participation and the agenda for the National Reconciliation Conference, as well as any other issues pending from the Informal Preparatory Meeting;
The Ad Hoc Committee, whose sole purpose is to provide a mechanism for continuing the search for a solution to outstanding issues, shall work in consultation with all Somali political movements;
The Ad Hoc Committee shall hold its first meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 22 January 1993;
The Ad Hoc Committee shall submit its recommendations on the criteria for participation at the National Reconciliation Conference and on other outstanding issues to the meeting of the whole before 1 March 1993;
The following facilities, to be utilized solely for the purpose of carrying out the mandate set out in the present agreement, shall be placed at the disposal of the Ad Hoc Committee: an office in Mogadishu and Addis Ababa to facilitate consultations with the United Nations and the relevant regional and subregional organizations, as well as telecommunication and transportation facilities;
The Ad Hoc Committee shall be composed of seven members at any one time with two coming from the SNA and five from the other political movements. The SNA shall have the right to rotate its participants at every session of the Ad Hoc Committee if it so wishes;
Notwithstanding the pending status of the agenda and the issue of criteria for participation at the National Reconciliation Conference, the General Agreement signed in Addis Ababa on 8 January 1993 shall enter into force with immediate effect.
Somali Africans Muki Organization (SAMO)
Mr. Mohamed Ramadan Arbow, Chairman
Somali Democratic Alliance (SDA)
Mr. Mohamed Farah Abdullahi, Chairman
Somali Democratic Movement (SDM)
Mr. Abdi Muse Mayow, Chairman
Col. Mohamed Nur Aliyou, Chairman (SNA)
Somali National Democratic Union (SNDU)
Mr. Ali Ismael Abdi, Chairman
Somali National Front (SNT)
General Omar Hagi Mohamed Hersi, Chairman
Somali National Union (SNU)
Dr. Mohamed Ragis Mohamed, Chairman
Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM)
General Aden Abdillahi Noor, Chairman
Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) (sna)
Col. Ahmed Omar Jess, Chairman
Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF)
General Mohamed Abshir Musse, Chairman
Southern Somali National Movement (SSNM) (sna)
Col. Abdi Warsame Isaaq, Chairman
United Somali Congress (USC) (sna)
General Mohamed Farah Aidid, Chairman
United Somali Congress (USC)
Mr. Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, Chairman
United Somali Front (USF)
Mr. Abdurahman Dualeh Ali, Chairman
United Somali Party (USP)
Mr. Mohamed Abdi Hashi, Chairman
Posted by USIP Library on: March
20 2002
Source Name: The
United Nations and Somalia 1992-1996, the United Nations Blue Books
Series, vol. VIII. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information,
1996), pp. 243-244.
Date digitized:
November 4 2000
