{"id":16754,"date":"2024-03-27T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=16754"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:15:38","slug":"igad-appoints-a-special-envoy-to-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/27\/igad-appoints-a-special-envoy-to-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"IGAD Appoints A special Envoy to Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebehu announced the appointment of Hon. Lawrence Korbandi of South Sudan as IGAD Special Envoy to the Republic of Sudan.<br \/>\nIGAD assigned Hon Korbandi a core role in good offices, actively participating and facilitating dialogue, searching for common ground in the Sudan crisis, and providing advice on the way forward.<br \/>\nKorbandi draws on two decades of experience in governance, international relations and diplomacy.<br \/>\nHis distinguished career spans holding key government positions in South Sudan, including serving as a legal advisor to the President of South Sudan and contributing to numerous governmental and legal committees within the government , With a background as a legal practitioner and experienced diplomat.<br \/>\nKorbandi has extensive knowledge of the Horn of Africa, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region and the Middle East, as well as a deep understanding of how regional and international organizations work.<br \/>\nKorbandi embodies the essential qualities for promoting dialogue and seeking solutions, including in his country.<br \/>\nIGAD said that his extensive experience and diplomatic acumen qualifies him flawlessly for the responsibilities entrusted to him.<br \/>\nLawrence Korbandy, in his capacity as IGAD Special Envoy to the Republic of Sudan, affirmed IGAD&#8217;s commitment to addressing the Sudan crisis through diplomatic channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebehu announced the appointment of Hon. Lawrence Korbandi of South Sudan as IGAD Special Envoy to the Republic of Sudan. IGAD assigned Hon Korbandi a core role in good offices, actively participating and facilitating dialogue, searching for common ground in the Sudan crisis, and providing advice on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16756,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16754\/revisions\/16756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}