ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 23RD JANUARY 2013
The 46th Extra-ordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers was convened at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 23rd January 2013 to discuss the political situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia and the peace process in the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan amongst other agenda items. The Council was chaired by H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the current chair of the IGAD Council of Ministers. It was attended by H.E. Mme. Fowsiya Yusuf H. Adan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Yousouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Dijbouti, H.E. Hon. Amb. Prof. Sam K.Ongeri, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Ali Ahmed Kharti, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan, H.E Sam Kutesa Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Luka Biong Deng Co Chair of Abyei Joint oversight committee (AJOC) of South Sudan, H.E. Eng. Mahboub M. Maalim, Executive Secretary of IGAD.