UN’s Invitation to Eritrea for Somalia Meeting Was Revoked at IGAD’s Demand
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS, September 26, 2010 — The Somalia meeting at the UN on September 23 featured a little notice last minute disinvitation. The UN’s Department of Political Affairs had invited Eritrea, a member of the regional group IGAD which has hosted the leaders of the Alliance to Reliberate Somalia and supports the Al Shabab rebels.
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS, September 26, 2010 — The Somalia meeting at the UN on September 23 featured a little notice last minute disinvitation. The UN’s Department of Political Affairs had invited Eritrea, a member of the regional group IGAD which has hosted the leaders of the Alliance to Reliberate Somalia and supports the Al Shabab rebels.