UN General Assembly
1987

In this connection, it should be noted that the countries of east Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Djibouti - have combined their efforts to confront the adverse effects of drought and other related natural disasters, and have established the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development. Those countries have adopted a plan of action for financing specific sectoral programmes and well-defined projects necessary to strengthen their national and regional capability to combat the effects of drought and promote economic and social development. We believe that these pro9rammes can be successful only with the total support of the international community. I wish to inform the General Assembly that the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development held its first conference of donors in Djibouti in March 1987. At that conference the donor countries. United Nations specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations recognized the serious work done by the ·