Communiqué of Participants at the Birmingham Peace and Development Conference
February 20, 2011We the members of the Ethiopian Somali Diaspora communities in the UK convened in Birmingham to converse on the importance of the peace and the developments that have taken root in our region and our determination to contribute to their full and successful implementation.
We also express our support and willingness to contribute towards the five year national Growth and Transformation Plan, which devises plans to double the national GDP, agricultural output, and puts emphasis on the national infrastructure such as roads, railways, power and telecommunication hubs, education, health, among others.
Our peace and development conference today in Birmingham, attended by a cross section of the region’s Diaspora communities from London, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester and Liverpool is a historic gathering, which bears witness to our unwavering support to the recently signed peace agreement between the Ethiopian government on one hand and UWSLF and ONLF on the other hand. We welcome whole heartedly the briefings given to us by Ambassador Abdirashid Dulane, Deputy Head of Mission of the Ethiopian Embassy, United kingdom, about the current peace and development efforts underway in the Somali Regional State, the Federal and Regional Governments' active engagement with Ethiopian Somali Diaspora in Europe and USA and their intention to strengthen and intensify this important relationship.
OUR MOTTO IS PEACE AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL AND A RENEWED COMMITMENT BY THE ETHIOPIAN SOMALI DIASPORA COMMUNITIES IN THE UK TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN THE REGION