By Somalilandtimes network

Nairobi, March 15, 2006 – Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a peace brokering regional grouping of East African governments, on Monday regretted over failure by regional governments to deploy peacekeepers to Somalia a year after it was mandated to do so.

Boaz Mbaya, the permanent secretary in Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said one year after the IGAD Summit held on the sidelines of the AU Heads of State meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, directed the council to deploy a peace support mission in Somalia to assist the transitional government, no peacekeepers had been deployed.

Mbaya, who was opening the two-day 25th session of the IGAD experts committee meeting in Nairobi, urged the seven-member IGAD to ensure decisions taken by the regional peace and development body are implemented.

Source: AngolaPress