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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Thu Jul 08 2010 - 09:24:19 EDT
COMMUNIQUE OF THE 15th EXTRA-ORDINARY SESSION OF THE IGAD
ASSEMBLY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON SOMALIA
ADDIS ABABA, 5th JULY 2010
The IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held its 15th Extra-
Ordinary Summit Meeting in Addis Ababa, on 5th July 2010, under the
Chairmanship of H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia and Chairperson of the IGAD Assembly to consider the
political and security situation in Somalia. The Assembly was attended by:
H.E.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda; H.E. Omar
Hassan El Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan; H.E. Ismael Omar
Guelleh,
President of the Republic of Djibouti; H.E. Mwai Kibaki, President of the
Republic
of Kenya, H.E. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President the Transitional
Federal
Government (TFG) of Somalia;
H.E. Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia and Chairperson
of the
IGAD Council of Ministers briefed the Assembly on the decisions reached by
the
36th IGAD Council of Ministers held on 15 June 2010. Hon. Kipruto Arap
Kirwa,
IGAD Facilitator for Somalia briefed the Assembly on the IGAD military
expert's
mission to Mogadishu that was undertaken pursuant to the decision by the
36th
Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers. The Assembly also received briefs
from
the President of the TFG, H.E. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on the current
political
and security situation in Somalia..........