From right: Jeremy Carver CBE, Lord Avebury, Dr Edna, Ahmed Kadleye, Len Tiahlo
From right: Jeremy Carver CBE, Lord Avebury, Dr Edna, Mrs Lulu Todd, Len Tiahlo
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
SDC Meeting with Lord Avebury on 30th Nov 2011
From right: Jeremy Carver CBE, Lord Avebury, Dr Edna, Ahmed Kadleye, Len Tiahlo
From right: Jeremy Carver CBE, Lord Avebury, Dr Edna, Mrs Lulu Todd, Len Tiahlo
Meeting with Rt Hon Alun Michael MP
From Left: Rt Hon Alun Micahel MP, Dr Edna Ismail Jeremy Carver CBE
From Left: Ahmed Kadleye, Len Tiahlo, Jeremy Carver CBE, Rt Hon Alun Micahel MP, Dr Edna Ismail, Mrs Lulu Todd
Friday, November 25, 2011
Lunch Meeting with H E The President Of Somaliland et al, The Commonwealth Club, London, Monday 21st November 2011
Lunch Meeting with H E The President Of Somaliland et al
The Commonwealth Club, London, Monday 21st November 2011
On 21st Nov 2011 Friends of Somaliland and Founders of the Somaliland Development Corporation (“SDC”) hosted a lunchtime meeting with the President of Somaliland, with the agenda item being a discussion on the Somaliland Development Corporation.
Len Tiahlo, an SDC CO founder sponsored the event. With him was Legal Advisor and co –founder Jeremy Carver CBE, formerly Head of International Law at Clifford Chance and Board Member of Transparency International, Steve Taylor, Director of Crown Agents, who have agreed to provide SDC banking services and Paul Whiteway of Independent Diplomat. Fellow co-founder Ambassador Myles Wickstead CBE was absent on travel but passed on his best wishes with great expectations for the SDC. The Minister of Planning and Development Dr Saad Shire, Mr Eid Ahmed Cardif based management and development consultant, Mr. Osman Mohamed, Contracts Executive with Abu Dhabi Oil Company ADNOC and Secretary to the SDC in the UAE were also absent and conveyed their best wishes for the SDC.
The lunch was held at the Commonwealth Club and was joined by the First Lady of Somaliland Amina-Weris Sheikh Mohamed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr Mohamed Omar, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamed Rashid Sheikh Hassan, Director of Somaliland Television in Europe Mr. Khadar Ali, Mrs. Lulu Todd and Ahmed Kadleye both from SIRAG.
The SDC Leader for this meeting was SDC Director Jeremy Carver After welcoming the President of Somaliland and his delegates, Jeremy Carver recapped past statements about Somaliland’s self sufficiency, self reliance and outstanding achievements over the last 20 years while receiving minimum assistance from the outside world. Jeremy also stressed the fact that Somaliland has fulfilled all the criteria that a state has and have every right to govern their own affairs. The “you tube” Internet videos referenced in this dispatch cover these issues and also introduced the concept of the SDC as a trustworthy vehicle for economic interaction with the International Community.
President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Silanyo) thanked the SDC Founders and Friends of Somaliland from Great Britain who are always there to support Somaliland Government and their people whenever Somaliland is in need.
Further, the Minister of Foreign and International Cooperation Dr Mohamed Abdillahi Omar thanked the Founders of the SDC and associated Friends of Somaliland and stressed the fact that Somaliland needs an initiative like this for Somaliland’s development. Dr Mohamed Rashid Hassan Minister of State of Foreign Affairs and Director of the SDC highlighted the need to strengthen Somaliland's engagement with the outside world and to strengthen the role of the Diaspora in Somaliland's development. Somaliland Diaspora attendees also gave a short speech thanking the SDC Founders and the importance of the SDC especially during this time whilst Somaliland is not formally recognised.
Background Info. of SDC: SDC was established for the benefit of the people of Somaliland where the SDC will be owned and managed for the exclusive benefit of the people of Somaliland with full operational and financial transparency. The following “you tube” video information provides further background on the need for international economic and political recognition.
For further information contact:
Mrs Lulu F Todd, Osman Mohamed or Len Tiahlo
Email: somaliland.devcorporation@gmail.com
The Commonwealth Club, London, Monday 21st November 2011
On 21st Nov 2011 Friends of Somaliland and Founders of the Somaliland Development Corporation (“SDC”) hosted a lunchtime meeting with the President of Somaliland, with the agenda item being a discussion on the Somaliland Development Corporation.
Len Tiahlo, an SDC CO founder sponsored the event. With him was Legal Advisor and co –founder Jeremy Carver CBE, formerly Head of International Law at Clifford Chance and Board Member of Transparency International, Steve Taylor, Director of Crown Agents, who have agreed to provide SDC banking services and Paul Whiteway of Independent Diplomat. Fellow co-founder Ambassador Myles Wickstead CBE was absent on travel but passed on his best wishes with great expectations for the SDC. The Minister of Planning and Development Dr Saad Shire, Mr Eid Ahmed Cardif based management and development consultant, Mr. Osman Mohamed, Contracts Executive with Abu Dhabi Oil Company ADNOC and Secretary to the SDC in the UAE were also absent and conveyed their best wishes for the SDC.
The lunch was held at the Commonwealth Club and was joined by the First Lady of Somaliland Amina-Weris Sheikh Mohamed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr Mohamed Omar, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamed Rashid Sheikh Hassan, Director of Somaliland Television in Europe Mr. Khadar Ali, Mrs. Lulu Todd and Ahmed Kadleye both from SIRAG.
The SDC Leader for this meeting was SDC Director Jeremy Carver After welcoming the President of Somaliland and his delegates, Jeremy Carver recapped past statements about Somaliland’s self sufficiency, self reliance and outstanding achievements over the last 20 years while receiving minimum assistance from the outside world. Jeremy also stressed the fact that Somaliland has fulfilled all the criteria that a state has and have every right to govern their own affairs. The “you tube” Internet videos referenced in this dispatch cover these issues and also introduced the concept of the SDC as a trustworthy vehicle for economic interaction with the International Community.
President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Silanyo) thanked the SDC Founders and Friends of Somaliland from Great Britain who are always there to support Somaliland Government and their people whenever Somaliland is in need.
Further, the Minister of Foreign and International Cooperation Dr Mohamed Abdillahi Omar thanked the Founders of the SDC and associated Friends of Somaliland and stressed the fact that Somaliland needs an initiative like this for Somaliland’s development. Dr Mohamed Rashid Hassan Minister of State of Foreign Affairs and Director of the SDC highlighted the need to strengthen Somaliland's engagement with the outside world and to strengthen the role of the Diaspora in Somaliland's development. Somaliland Diaspora attendees also gave a short speech thanking the SDC Founders and the importance of the SDC especially during this time whilst Somaliland is not formally recognised.
Background Info. of SDC: SDC was established for the benefit of the people of Somaliland where the SDC will be owned and managed for the exclusive benefit of the people of Somaliland with full operational and financial transparency. The following “you tube” video information provides further background on the need for international economic and political recognition.
Go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/somaliland1960 for the following two videos:
Somaliland - Recognition - No Downsides - Congratulations!
Somaliland Development - Jeremy Carver CBE
For further information contact:
Mrs Lulu F Todd, Osman Mohamed or Len Tiahlo
Email: somaliland.devcorporation@gmail.com
Somaliland Development - Jeremy Carver CBE
– The need for action beyond democratic elections and the quest for recognition.
1) We are standing close to the Commonwealth club where, seven years ago, Captain Zarroug of Al Reem Company, Abu Dhabi, and Enex sponsored the visit of the then Somaliland President Riyale and Foreign Minister Edna Adan to London in their quest for Somaliland's recognition by the British Government.
At that time, as in our last video, we presented the clear view that Somaliland has amply satisfied all the criteria that international law requires for independent statehood.
Now, in this second message, we want to focus on the practical matter of how to establish the most direct, efficient and transparent means for supporting Somaliland's economic development.
2) We ask you to support Somaliland in the creation of the Somaliland Development Corporation.
Let me explain why this is so very important for Somaliland's future prosperity, and what it could achieve
As an unrecognised State, Somaliland is isolated not only because other governments will not deal with it properly and openly. Their legal systems also cannot deal with Somaliland. This means that donors and companies cannot make proper bargains with Government of the State. We know that support in the form of goods, aid or investment is directed to recognised institutions outside Somaliland. Little finds its way to Somaliland, and is sadly minimal and insufficient to meet the needs of your people.
3) How would the Somaliland Development Corporation solve the problem? It would do so because it would exist as a body that would be recognised by everyone. Others could deal directly with the Corporation, without compromising their attitudes to recognition of the State. The Corporation would be visible to foreigners. At the same time it would be transparent to the people of Somaliland, who could observe the direct benefits of its work on their behalf.
As funds flow to the Corporation, it will organise for the necessary work - such as essential infrastructure projects, roads, water supply, electrical power, health clinics and the like - could be competently planned and budgeted with emphasis on use on maximum use of local resources.
4) Let me describe how the Corporation would be established.
The Corporation should be created as a company in a place with a neutral, predicable administrative and legal system, with transparent company law and minimal effective tax rates, welcoming to non-resident business. One of the new international centres of the UAE could be suitable.
The purpose of the Corporation would be to provide Somaliland with a recognised legal entity, capable of dealing with donors, investors and markets. We suggest calling it the “Somaliland Development Corporation”.
As a company, it needs a board of directors, who would decide on the projects to be undertaken and the terms on which grants and investments would be made. The board would appoint the most highly qualified managers of the Corporation's work, which could be organised and run from a convenient location such as London.
5) The board will be answerable to the owners of the Corporation: all the people of Somaliland, represented by trustees commanding the widest non-sectarian respect. They will be the human focal point for attracting funds and overseeing effective direction of the Corporation's affairs to achieve the best results for Somaliland.
The board and the trustees would meet separately, sufficiently often for effective control of the Corporation's work. Details of each meeting would be posted to the Corporation's website so that all stakeholders have direct access to the Corporation's affairs.
6) The Somaliland Development Corporation would be the engine that generates the business plans, the project specifications and budgets that reflect the most urgent basic needs of the country. The directors, acting collectively, would respect and authority by including qualified politicians from the main Somaliland parties and other suitable non-partisan individuals from across the country.
7) Joint Ventures and other commercial business activity by the State can have their shares held by the Somaliland Dev Corporation. Foreign partners and investors will in this way have confidence in knowing that their interests are properly and openly managed without the uncertainties of transient political perceptions or the uncertainty of pending recognition.
8) What this arrangement does is to create a clear means whereby Aid providers, Donors and Investors can work openly with Somaliland. It overcomes the present situation where very little resource finds itself to local real results.
9) Somaliland has identifiable highly urgent needs for development. Such as: Roads, water and sanitation, community health education and governance support, agriculture, micro finance, electrical power supply and much more.
All this can be done through direct transmission of resources to the Trustees and the wholly owned Somaliland Development Corporation, acting for the whole of Somaliland.
We commend this proposal to you all.
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