UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting after Israel recognizes Somaliland

NEW YORK – 27 December 2025: The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday afternoon after Israel’s unilateral recognition of the Somali breakaway region of Somaliland, according to Israeli reports.

The session was requested by Somalia, which has condemned Israel’s move and reaffirmed its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Israel on Friday became the first country to formally recognize self-declared Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, dismissing Somalia’s longstanding rejection of secession.

Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 following the collapse of the central government but has not been internationally recognized and is considered by Mogadishu and the international community as part of Somalia.

The African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and many Arab and regional countries have condemned the move.

Egypt and 20 other countries issued a joint statement, alongside the OIC to warn against the move’s “serious repercussions” on peace and security in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea as well as its potential effects on international stability.