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Description: February 2004 UK parliamentary debate on recognition of Somaliland, led by Tony Worthington MP.
(February 04, 2004)
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 4 Feb 2004 (pt 3) Bound Volume Hansard - Westminster Hall 4 Feb 2004 : Column 273WH—continued Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): The Select Committee on International Development has just returned from a visit to Somaliland. Our visit prompted questions in us all about British policy there and, indeed, in the whole of Somalia—questions about the Government's aid policy and about international recognition, which deeply affects the assistance that we give to Somaliland. Our foreign service hang-ups about recognition are getting in the way of us fulfilling our duty to pursue the millennium development goals for the poor people of Somaliland, and we are failing to build adequately on the efforts of the Government of Somaliland to create a modern, democratic state. In effect, we are putting the interests of the warmongers in the south ahead of those of the peace-builders in the north.
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