11 May 2008

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Western Somali Democratic Party (WSDP) Affirming that successive Ethiopian regimes have maintained a policy of denying the Somali people of Ogaden of their legitimate rights for self-determination.

Having witnessed the genocidal policies of the TPLF regime including extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrest, burning of villages and other war crimes committed against our people including those who reside in Canbuule, Gadhmalu,Cundhufo, Harmukaale, Dhuure, Mooyaale , Hudeed and other central districts.

Noting the long standing animosity the TPLF regime holds toward ethnic Somalis in general throughout the Horn of Africa as demonstrated by war crimes committed by the TPLF regime in Somalia in general and Mogadishu
in particular.

Following extensive discussions held in and outside of our country which began in 2006 resulting in a comprehensive understanding aimed unifying the struggle for the Self-Determination of the Somali people of Ogaden, the ONLF and the WSDP have resolved as follows.

1. To unify the WSDP and the ONLF into one political organization retaining the name of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)

2. To increase the role of ethnic Somalis in the struggle both inside and outside of our country.

3. To augment the role of civil society in all aspects
of the struggle.

4. To safeguard the territorial integrity of our country.

5. To intensify the armed struggle in order to realize full self-determination and freedom for ethnic Somalis.

The leaders of the ONLF and WSDP call upon all ethnic Somalis to participate in the struggle for the liberation of our country in order to finally bring to an end the suppression of the Somali people of Ogaden
by successive Ethiopian regimes.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)

and

Western Somali Democratic Party (WSDP)