Report on the second coordination meeting on humanitarian assistance for Somalia

Abstract

The meeting aimed at providing an environment and opportunity for the Somalis, donors, NGOs, the United Nations and its specialized agencies and implementing partners to forge a stronger degree of partnership in the establishment of'priorities for the reconstruction of the country and in the creation of an environment in which rehabilitation could succeed. Furthermore, thanks to the broad range of participants at the meeting, it was hoped that the international community and the Somali society would be able to collaborate fruitfully in developing more reliable arrangements for the delivery of emergency assistance and the reconstruction of the country.