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Advocacy and meetings: Pan-African Forum on IDRL


Pan-African Forum on IDRLThe Pan-African Forum on IDRL was held in Nairobi on 14-15 May 2007. It was co-convened by the International Federation and the Kenya Red Cross Society and hosted by the government of Kenya. The Forum gathered over 115 participants from the African continent, representing 33 governments (three of which participated at the level of Deputy Prime-Minister or Minister), 38 National Red Cross Societies (30 of whom participated at the level of president, vice-president or director-general), 2 regional organizations, 14 UN agencies and global inter-governmental organizations, 4 NGOs and civil society organizations, and 2 universities to discuss the common legal issues in international disaster response and potential solutions.

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Related documents
Final agenda Adobe Acrobat Reader required (338 Kb, 4 pages)
Final report Adobe Acrobat Reader required (965 Kb, 48 pages)  / Version en français Adobe Acrobat Reader required (942 Kb, 48 pages)
Opening speechees
His Excellency Honourable Dr. Moody Awori, Vice President of the Republic of Kenya Adobe Acrobat Reader required (19 Kb, 3 pages) 
Mr. Ibrahim Osman, Deputy Secretary General, International Federation Adobe Acrobat Reader required (41 Kb, 5 pages) 
Keynote address
Statement by Ms. Margareta Wahlström, the UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, OCHAr Adobe Acrobat Reader required (14 Kb, 1 pages) 
H.E. Hon. Dr. Libertina Amathila, Deputy Prime Minster, Republic of Namibia Adobe Acrobat Reader required (31 Kb, 6 pages) 
Closing speech
Hon. John Munyes, Minister, Minstry of Special Programmes, Republic of Kenya Adobe Acrobat Reader required (12 Kb, 1 page) 
More documents
Background study to the Pan-African Forum on IDRL  Adobe Acrobat Reader required (951 Kb, 37 pages)
Participants list Adobe Acrobat Reader required (398 Kb, 7 pages) 
Photo gallery Adobe Acrobat Reader required (3.5 Mb, 54 pages) 
Pan-African IDRL forum - Fact sheet Adobe Acrobat Reader required (77 Kb, 2 pages) / Version en français Adobe Acrobat Reader required (76 Kb, 2 pages)
IDRL Preliminary Workhop in Nairobi, Kenya


Legal issues affecting the international response to the 2005/2006 drought in east Africa – experiences learned in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 November 2006.

Workshop agenda Adobe Acrobat Reader required (42 Kb, 1 page)
Workshop participants list Adobe Acrobat Reader required (33 Kb, 3 pages)
Workshop photo gallery Adobe Acrobat Reader required (1.1 Mb, 15 pages)

Speech by Dr. Asha Mohamed, Deputy Secretary General, Kenya Red Cross Society Adobe Acrobat Reader required (37 kb, 4 pages)

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