The Ssc-Khatumo of Somalla Committee of thirty-three wishes to respond to the communique of the 14th Ordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of the Heads of State and Government held in Djibouti on 12th June 2023, which falls well short of the declarations made by the UN Security Council on 7th June on the conflict and crisis in Lasanod and Sool, as follows.