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Mr President, the Commission is pleased to give a statement on the situation in Somalia, which has been worsening for several years now, creating unbearable living conditions for the people and, unfortunately, conditions in which terrorism thrives. The Community has been sending aid for many years and is still giving maximum possible assistance, despite the collapse of the State in 1991. The Commission has continued to work with the people of Somalia, who have received an average of EUR 30 million a year under programmes run by European non-governmental organisations and United Nations agencies. The Commission's intervention is based on a policy of strict neutrality between the warring sides and focuses on working in partnership with the local authorities. This strategy could, I think, be called a peace dividend method. It aims to promote the advantages of establishing peace, with an eye on the second stage, which is more proactive and efficient. It is a peace-building method which encourages the emerging administration and closer collaboration with regional and local administrations. The Commission, like the Member States, is encouraging a peaceful solution to the problems within a framework of national reconciliation and has repeatedly supported an end to the violence and called for the UN resolutions imposing an arms embargo on Somalia to be upheld. For the moment, the international community is focusing its efforts on the regional reconciliation initiative in Somalia being promoted by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in the Horn of Africa. This process is being spearheaded by Kenya, with technical support from Ethiopia and Djibouti.
In response to calls for a representative council of the parties to be set up, I should point out that the Commission and Member States have already expressed their joint support for a council to be set up under the IGAD. This issue has been furthered both through political statements and in the form of funding on the part of the Commission to the tune of EUR 500 000 in order to consolidate the first stage of the peace process. Even though it is not directly involved in organising the reconciliation talks under the IGAD, the Commission feels that regional administrations representing sections of Somali society are included in the important agencies which need to work on settling the conflict in Somalia. It shares the view that a bottom-up approach would complement efforts to set up a central administration. The Commission therefore considers that a final institutional framework should be designed for the future of Somalia, mainly between the Somalis themselves, within the framework of detailed dialogue and democratic consultation."@en1
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