Communique of the Third General Assembly of the IGAD Platform for Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability in the Horn of Africa (IDDRSI) – 2015

Authors: IGAD

Date: 2015

Status: Open Access

This communique was prepared when the partners of the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI), including Member States, IGAD, Development Partners, UN agencies, non-state actors (NSAs) and members of the private sector actors, committed to ending drought emergencies in the Horn of Africa held the 3rd IDDRSI Platform General Assembly meeting on 27th March 2014 at the Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting was opened and chaired by H.E. Hon. Dr. Gebregziabeher Gebreyohannis Minister of State for Livestock, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The meeting‟s objective was to review the progress made since the 2nd General Assembly meeting held in Kampala, Uganda on 26 March 2014, discuss the way forward and re-affirm the commitment to end drought emergencies in the IGAD region.