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Intergovernmental Authority on Development

LC control no.n 98900324
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingIntergovernmental Authority on Development
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Variant(s)IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)
Inter-governmental Authority on Development
Autorité intergouvernementale pour le développement
See alsoPredecessor: Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development
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Beginning date1996-11-25
Associated placeAfrica, Eastern
LocatedDjibouti (Djibouti)
Field of activityEconomic development Environmental protection Food security International cooperation
Found inProceedings of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of IGAD ... 1996?: t.p. (Intergovernmental Authority on Development; Inter-governmental Authority on Development; Autorité intergouvernementale pour le développement) p. 11 (The IGADD's Charter has now been amended and consequently its name changed to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development)
Its website, viewed 1 Apr. 2014: home p. (Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD) about p. (the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Eastern Africa was created in 1996 to supersede the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was founded in 1986; the revitalised IGAD, with expanded areas of regional cooperation and a new organisational structure, was launched on 25 November 1996 in Djibouti, the Republic of Djibouti; mission is to assist and complement the efforts of the Member States to achieve, through increased cooperation: Food Security and environmental protection; Promotion and maintenance of peace and security and humanitarian affairs; and, Economic cooperation and integration) contact p. (IGAD Secretariat, Avenue Georges Clemenceau, P.O. Box 2653, Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti)
Associated languageeng