UNSOM GOT IT RIGHT

By tweeting this: “UNSOM@UNSomalia.@UN notes today’s pre-meeting for the planned summit, with partial #FMS representation; urges further informal #consultations in coming days to ensure full #participation needed for this event to produce #consensus on implementation of the 17 September #electoral model”,

UNSOM got it right this time around. They saw the bigger picture. How do stakeholders could implement the agreements of Mogadishu and Baidoa in the absence of communication, dialogue and mutual cooperation between them? How could they hold elections when they don’t talk to each other? How do they work together without communicating on election and organizational issues at Federal and state levels?

There must be an atmosphere of collaboration, and at least, of some trust in team play restored before any implementation of the terms of these agreements. It doesn’t work when parties formally enter into agreement under pressure and in the absence of goodwill and good faith.

Parties to current Mogadishu talks must do more to do something about the breakdown of communication and collaboration. This is more important than the agreement.