Intergovernmental Authority on Development
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is a regional organization of states in Northeast Africa with its headquarters in Djibouti . Since 1996, it has been the successor organization to the IGADD ( Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development ), which was founded in 1986 as an initiative of the Djiboutian President Hassan Gouled Aptidon . The aim is to support the member states in their development.
The Executive Secretary has been the Ethiopian Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu.
task
The IGAD defines its task as supporting the member states in creating food security and environmental protection, in peacekeeping and humanitarian measures as well as in economic development and integration.
Members
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Ethiopia
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Djibouti
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Eritrea (suspended his membership in 2007, member again since 2011) -
Kenya
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Somalia
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Sudan
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South Sudan
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Uganda
Successes and problems
- In 1988, the IGAD helped Somalia under Siad Barre and Ethiopia under Mengistu Haile Mariam end their hostilities with a peace agreement since the Ogaden War of 1977/78. In doing so, the two states undertook to stop mutual support for rebel groups.
- With the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement for South Sudan , IGAD can show a great success.
- The Somalia negotiations in Nairobi were also successfully advanced until a federal transitional government was created, although this government has not yet succeeded in ending the Somali civil war . An IGASOM peace mission should be deployed to support the transitional government with significant participation from the IGAD states . This was sent to the African Union Mission in Somalia and was deployed at the beginning of 2007, but has not reached its original scope.
- After fighting since mid-December 2013 and thousands of deaths in South Sudan, a ceasefire was agreed on January 23, 2014 between the conflicting parties in the civil war in South Sudan, with the mediation of IGAD .
The peace and security area also includes the regional Conflict Early Warning Center (CEWARN) and a regional project for the prevention of terrorism, both in Addis Ababa , and takes on tasks for the African Union .
In other areas the IGAD has not yet achieved any resounding success. Kenya and Uganda are more focused on the East African Community than the IGAD. The IGAD was also unable to prevent the Eritrea-Ethiopia war from 1998-2000 and to reduce the tensions that still existed between the two countries. Eritrea announced in 2007 that it wanted to suspend its membership in the IGAD because of differences with Ethiopia over Somalia. In 2008, Kenya and Sudan tried unsuccessfully to persuade Eritrea to return to the organization.
Web links
- igad.org , website of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (English)
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- ^ IGAD - Executive Secretary. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
- ^ Alain Gascon: Djibouti: Singapour sur mer Rouge. Un confetti d'Empire futur dragon africain ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Outre-Terre 2/2005 (no. 11), pp. 451-466
- ↑ Weapons in South Sudan should be silent ( memento from January 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), tagesschau.de , January 23, 2014, accessed on January 24, 2014.
- ^ Asmara: Irresponsible Resolutions - Eritrea suspends its membership in the Northeast African alliance IGAD , in: AG Friedensforschung Uni Kassel
- ↑ Eritrea: Govt Suspends Igad Membership
- ↑ Eritrean president turns down calls to return to IGAD , in: Sudan Tribune , August 16, 2008
