Djibouti, 17-11-2015: A Joint Framework for Cooperation on Peace and Security between IGAD and the UN Department for Political Affairs was signed this afternoon in Djibouti City in the presence of IGAD Member States, the Secretariats of IGAD and the UN, UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes and the African Union in Djibouti City.

Attachments:

IGAD-UN Joint Communique.pdf

[IGAD and UN Sign a Joint Framework for Cooperation on Peace and Security]

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2015-11-18 09:13

Djibouti, 16-11-2015: A two day high level dialogue is taking place between the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (UNDPA) from today November 16 till November 17, 2015 in Djibouti City.

The dialogue is to strengthen cooperation between the two organisations in the field of peace and security and to consolidate partnership in conflict prevention and peacemaking that are pertinent to the Horn of Africa region.

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) conducted a two (2) day validation Workshop on the Report on ‘Regional Assessment and Mapping of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in the IGAD Region’ on 29th -30th October, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel Nairobi, Kenya.

The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) in partnership and collaboration with Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) convened a three (3) days counter terrorism workshop from 26th to 28th October 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. The focus of this training workshop was on “Development and Use of Forensic Evidence in Counterterrorism as a Good Practice in Investigation and Prosecution of Terrorism Cases in the Horn and East Africa Region".

Djibouti, 29-08-2015: A two-day Experts workshop on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in the Horn and Eastern Africa closed today in Djibouti under the auspices of the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), HE Ambassador Mahboub Maalim, the Charge’ of the United Sates Embassy to Djibouti, HE Christina Higgins, and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, Mr. Mohamed Ali.