LYCOS RETRIEVER
Somaliland: Months
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Despite numerous attempts to quell the conflict within Somaliland society, as well as from the diaspora, peace talks made little progress until 1996 (Bryden and Farah: 1996). Finally, in February 1997, after nearly five months of consultations, peace was concluded in Hargeysa (Bradbury: 1997) at a Conference that achieved the following:
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In the final months of the campaigns, IRI organized a series of three-day campaign workshops for members of the RCCs of Somaliland's three political parties. The three workshops were conducted in Hargeisa and Burao, Somaliland's two largest cities. The objective of these seminars was to prepare the RCCs for Somaliland's first parliamentary elections and to ensure that these elections would be carried out in an open and transparent manner. The training topics included organizing election campaigns, campaign communication skills and fundraising. Also covered in the workshops was the Political Parties Code of Conduct, a document jointly drafted by the three parties and the NEC to complement the electoral law.
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The two sides ... agreed to organize and decide together on all development projects in Somaliland. The authorities will form a committee to supervise the implementation of the projects. The two sides will from now meet every six months.
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