UN General Assembly
2011

among themselves. Another key component is the revitalization of the African Union and subregional organizations. At the subregional level, Eritrea is committed to economic development and integration in the wider Horn of Africa and Red Sea regions. We are convinced that no country can succeed in a turbulent environment. We will work for the revitalization of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and strive to make it effective in promoting economic development and integration. We welcome an independent South Sudan and will work with both the Sudan and South Sudan, with whom we have long-standing ties, as they grapple with their domestic situations and endeavour to build cooperative relations. On Somalia, it has now become abundantly clear that there is a need for a new approach, as the current one has exhausted itself and can only lead to further complications. Given that the central objective remains the reconstitution of Somalia and the rebuilding of effective institutions, it is imperative to seriously engage and bring into a Somali-owned political process all stakeholders, including the Governments of Somaliland and Puntland.