{"id":475896,"date":"2025-12-27T23:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T23:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475896\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T23:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T23:32:18","slug":"un-security-council-to-convene-emergency-meeting-on-israels-somaliland-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475896\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council to convene emergency meeting on Israel’s Somaliland recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UN Security Council will convene an emergency session on Monday to discuss Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland, with members slated to condemn Jerusalem\u2019s move.<\/p>\n

Israel announced the step on Friday<\/a>, days before Somalia is slated to take over the presidency of the Security Council. In the announcement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the recognition was \u201cin the spirit of the Abraham Accords,\u201d and that the countries would cooperate in \u201ceconomic fields, on agriculture, [and] in the fields of social development.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision was met with anger from several regional powers who accused Israel of undermining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia \u2014 the country from which Somaliland broke away in 1991. Israel is now the only UN member state to recognize Somaliland\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said in a statement Saturday that \u201cIsrael will act responsibly and we will continue to cooperate with partners who contribute to regional stability.\u201d<\/p>\n

The European Union joined the chorus of condemnations of Israel\u2019s move.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe European Union reaffirms the importance of respecting the unity, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia pursuant of its constitution, the Charters of the African Union and the United Nations,\u201d Brussels said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is key for the peace and stability of the entire Horn of Africa region,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThe EU encourages meaningful dialogue between Somaliland and the Federal Government of Somalia to resolve long-standing differences.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tResidents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland in downtown Hargeisa, December 26, 2025. (Farhan Aleli\/AFP)<\/p>\n

Mogadishu denounced Israel\u2019s move as a \u201cdeliberate attack\u201d on its sovereignty, while Egypt, Turkey, the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation all condemned the decision.<\/p>\n

A self-proclaimed republic, Somaliland enjoys a strategic position on the Gulf of Aden \u2014 across from Yemen and next to Djibouti \u2014 and has its own money, passports and army. But it has been diplomatically isolated since unilaterally declaring independence.<\/p>\n

A joint statement by 21 mostly Middle Eastern or African countries and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation rejected Israel\u2019s recognition on Saturday, \u201cgiven the serious repercussions of such unprecedented measure on peace and security in the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and its serious effects on international peace and security as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

The countries \u2014 including Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran \u2014 also noted \u201cthe full rejection of any potential link between such measure and any attempts to forcibly expel the Palestinian people out of their land.\u201d<\/p>\n

Somaliland has been floated in the past as a potential<\/a> destination for Gazans who emigrate from the war-torn Strip.<\/p>\n

Notably, the three countries that normalized ties with Israel in 2020 \u2014 the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco \u2014 did not sign the statement. Syria issued a separate statement also rejecting Israel\u2019s recognition.<\/p>\n

The statement also contended that \u201cthe recognition of parts of states constitutes a serious precedent and threatens international peace and security, and violates the cardinal principles of international law and the United Nations Charter.\u201d<\/p>\n

The US State Department on Saturday said that it continued to recognize the territorial integrity of Somalia, \u201cwhich includes the territory of Somaliland.\u201d<\/p>\n


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