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State Diplomatic and Consular Relations

United States Recognizes Government of Somalia After Two-Decade Hiatus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 Bradley Klapper, US Recognizing First Somali Gov’t in 2 Decades, Associated Press, Jan. 16, 2013, at http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-recognizing-first-somali-govt-2-decades; Somalia: U.S. Recognizes Government, N.Y. Times, Jan. 18, 2013, at A8; U.S. Gives Formal Nod to Somalia Gov’t, UPI.com, Jan. 18, 2013, at http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/01/18/US-gives-formal-nod-to-Somalia-govt/UPI-64301358519721; Karen DeYoung, U.S. Recognizes Somalia, Cites Success of Fight Against Militants, Wash. Post, Jan. 18, 2013, at A9; Editorial, Hope, and Lessons, in Somalia, N.Y. Times, Jan. 26, 2013, at A18.

2 White House Press Release, Statement by the Press Secretary on the Visit of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia to the White House (Jan. 17, 2013), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/17/statement-press-secretary-visit-president-hassan-sheikh-mohamud-somalia-.

3 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0040, Remarks with President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud After Their Meeting (Jan. 17, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2013/01/202998.htm.

4 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0039, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s Visit to Washington, DC (Jan. 17, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/01/202997.htm.