APPENDIX B

PROGRAMME

DAY ONE - SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2003 :

Delegates arrive

Registration and distribution of background papers on Sudan and Somalia as well as working document

DAY TWO - MONDAY 1 DECEMBER:

Session 1: Opening

10:30 Election of the Bureau

Adoption of the Agenda

Keynote Address by the Executive Secretary of IGAD, Dr. Attalla Hamad Bashir

Statement by H.E Carol Calia, Ambassador of Italy in Nairobi on behalf of the IGAD Partners Forum

Welcome Address by Honourable Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of Kenya and Key note Speaker “on the Challenges faced by Kenya in Hosting the Peace Processes for Sudan and Somalia ”

Welcome, Overview and Backdrop to the Meeting by Mr. Daniel Yifru Director of Political and Humanitarian Affairs Division, IGAD

Session 2: The Sudan Peace Process

12:00 Key Factors mitigating the Likely Success of the Sudan Peace Negotiations, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka, Special Envoy of Uganda to the Sudan Peace Process

Discussions

13:00 Lunch

14:00 African Union perceptions on the Sudan Peace Process
Amb. Baba Gana Kingibe, AU Special Envoy to the Sudan Peace Process

Discussions

15:00 External Actor Interests in the Sudan Peace Negotiations and the Post Agreement phase, Dr Kjell Hødnebø, Norwegian Observer to the Sudan Peace Process

Discussions

16:00 Tea break

16:30 The Role of UN in Post Agreement Period, Dr. Vladimir Zhagora, UNPA Representative in the Sudan Peace Talks

Peacekeeping in the Sudan and Somalia , Mr Chris Coleman, Senior Political Affairs Officer, Africa Division UNDPKO

Discussions

19:00 Ministers Cocktail with invited guests

DAY THREE - TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER:

Session 3: The Somalia Peace Process

09:00 Problems and Challenges in the Somali Peace Process, Amb. Bethuel Kiplagat, Special Envoy on Somalia , Nairobi

Discussion

10:00 Donor Support for the Somali Peace Process: What is critical? Dr. Walid Musa, European Union

Discussions

11:00 Tea break

11:30 The UN assessment of the progress of the Somali National Reconciliation Process, Amb. Winston Tubman, UN Special Envoy to the Somali peace process

Discussions

12:15 African Union perceptions of the Somali Peace Process, Amb Mohamed A. Foum, Special Envoy to the Somali Peace Process, Nairobi

Discussions

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Special Envoy of the Arab League to the Somali Peace Process, Amb Salim Al-Khasubi

Discussion

15:00 Tea break

Session 4: Working Goups

15:30 Discussion Groups on how to strengthen IGAD role in peace initiatives in the region

17:00 Report back to plenary

DAY FOUR - WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER:

08:00 - 12:30 Free

12:30 Lunch

Session 5: Closing

14:00 Presentation of Conference Report

Discussion and adoption of the Recommendations