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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development was created on 21 March 1996 and has its origins in the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development, which had been established in 1986. It has three priority areas of co-operation: conflict prevention, management and humanitarian affairs; infrastructure development; food security and environment protection.
Members. Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda.
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Headquarters: Ave. Georges Clemenceau, PO Box 2653, Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti.
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Website: http://igad.int
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Executive Secretary: Mahboub Maalim (Kenya).
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(2018). Intergovernmental Authority on Development. In: The Statesman’s Yearbook 2018. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-70154-4_70
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