- [SW News] (DGPL - Bosaso ) Press Release & Breaking News
: Posted on 12 Aug 2002
Bosaso,
12 August 2002
PRESS
RELEASE
Over
the past few days we have been reading a series of statements by
either the Nairobi based UN offices or its propaganda wing, the IRIN
on incidents, some of which has no foundation whatsoever.
First
of all, the IRIN story about a British vessel hijacked by pirates off
the coasts of Puntland State holds no water. The IRIN story is either
a fabrication or issued to mislead the international public opinion.
Secondly,
UN offices in Nairobi have been following developments in Puntland
State of Somalia, and knew full well that the administration was
committed to restoring Law & Order throughout Puntland State
territories.
Consistent
with that reality and in pursuit of the Government policy for
maintaining safety and security for all is also in the vital
interest of the operations of the international organizations
including the Nairobi based UN, the source of these hasty press
releases and unwise statements with regard to Puntland State
situation.
Let
us therefore put the record straight:
1.
There was no
problem in accessing to Boosaaso, Qardho, Garoowe and Galkayo, the major towns of Puntland State by both local
and international agencies. Recent series of missions and visits by
high-level UN, EC, INGO and USA representatives including the UN
Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia to Puntland State
encountered no obstacles in inter-acting with these communities, and
thus proves the UN statements on the Puntland State case doubly
misleading.
2.
Inaction on
the part of the international organizations in delivering
humanitarian, rehabilitation and developmental projects here in a
transparent, accountable and politically neutral fashion is to be
blamed at least in the case of Puntland.
Ismail
H. Warsame
Chief
of Cabinet
Bosaso,
12 July 2002
BREAKING
NEWS
The
following is public information.
The
Office of President informs the Puntland State public as well as the
international community that the President, H.E. Abdullahi Yusuf
Ahmed, is now in the town of Qardho, paying a working tour of the
community there. Qardho residents are presently conducting a wild warm
reception of overwhelming public support for the President’s visit.
In
another separate development, one of the prominent figures involved in
daylight highway robbery and banditry, Maxamed Xaaji Aaden, was among
those captured near the town of Qardho.
Please
stay tuned for any further development on the President’s working
tour in Gardho and Garoowe.
Ismail
H. Warsame
Chief of Cabinet
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