{"id":8259,"date":"2024-03-03T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/03\/somalia-to-deposit-ratification-instrument-with-eac-sg-monday\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T14:02:56","slug":"somalia-to-deposit-ratification-instrument-with-eac-sg-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/somalia-to-deposit-ratification-instrument-with-eac-sg-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia to deposit ratification instrument with EAC SG Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 3 \u2014 Somalia is set to formalize its membership in the East African Community (EAC) by depositing an Instrument of Ratification with EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki in Arusha, Tanzania, on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The milestone marks the culmination of Somalia\u2019s journey towards full membership in the regional bloc, the bloc\u2019s Secretariat announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The accession process began on December 16 when Somalia formally joined the EAC after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed the Treaty of Accession.<\/p>\n<p>The historic ceremony took place at State House Entebbe, Uganda, in the presence of President Mohamud, his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir, who is the current chairperson of the EAC, and other dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia became the 8th member of the EAC after signing the bloc\u2019s treaty in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement of Somalia\u2019s application by the EAC Summit of Heads of State on November 24 paved the way for its accession into the community.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Moment of pride\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>President Mohamud, speaking after the ceremony, hailed Somalia\u2019s membership in the EAC as a moment of pride and expressed commitment to fostering economic, social, and political ties for the accelerated development of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Summit required Somalia to deposit the instrument of ratification with the EAC Secretary General within six months of signing the Treaty of Accession.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Summit tasked the EAC Council of Ministers to develop a roadmap for Somalia\u2019s integration into the community and report progress to the next meeting of the Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia\u2019s journey towards EAC membership commenced in July 2022 when Mogadishu expressed interest in joining the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0President Mohamud\u2019s high-level visit to the EAC headquarters at the time marked the formal launch of Somalia\u2019s bid and aimed to garner support from Member States.<\/p>\n<p>This visit coincided with a High-Level Retreat by EAC Heads of State to review the region\u2019s common market protocol.<\/p>\n<p>With Somalia\u2019s impending membership, the East African Community will comprise nine Partner States, including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 3 \u2014 Somalia is set to formalize its membership in the East African Community (EAC) by depositing an Instrument of Ratification with EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki in Arusha, Tanzania, on Monday. The milestone marks the culmination of Somalia\u2019s journey towards full membership in the regional bloc, the bloc\u2019s Secretariat announced on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}