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	Southern African Development Community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), which was the forerunner of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was formed in Lusaka, Zambia, on 1 April 1980, following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration (entitled Southern Africa: Towards Economic Liberation) by the nine founding member states.
		The Declaration and Treaty establishing the Community, which replaced the Coordination Conference, was signed at the Summit of Heads of State or Government on 17 August 1992, in Windhoek, Namibia.
		SADC is one of the pillars of the African Economic Community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_African_Development_Community (1348 words)

	Southern African Development Community - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Southern African Development Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Organization of countries in the region working together initially to reduce their economic dependence on South Africa and harmonize their economic policies, but from 1995 to promote the creation of a free-trade zone by 2000.
		It was established in 1980 as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), adopting its present name in 1992, and focuses on transport and communications, energy, mining, and industrial production.
		Heads of state and government hold annual meetings and SADC ministers meet at least twice a year to formulate plans.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Southern+African+Development+Community (180 words)

	Southern African Development Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in August 1992 and is the successor to the Southern African Development Coordinating Conference which was initially set up in 1980.
		The SADC flag was officially launched on 28 August 1995 at the SADC Summit held in Kempton Park near Johannesburg, South Africa, and has a dark blue field with a green circle in the centre in which the SADC logo in gold is superimposed.
		SADC will continue to be governed by a Summit comprising the Heads of State and Government of all member states and a Council comprising one Minister from each member to advise the Summit on matters of policy and efficient and harmonious functioning and development of SADC.
	flagspot.net /flags/int-sadc.html (1328 words)

	Southern African Development Community
		It evolved from the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) which was established in 1980 to mobilize resources for national, interstate, and regional development so that "front line" countries might reduce their dependence on South Africa.
		The SADC Summit is made up of Heads of State and is responsible for the overall policy direction and control of functions within the Community.
		Angola assumed the SADC chair and Tanzania the vice-chair at the August 2002 Summit.
	www.state.gov /t/pm/rls/fs/22518.htm (521 words)

	Southern African Development Community Country Analysis Brief
		SADC members are working to eliminate exchange controls in preparation for an eventual single currency in the region.
		Southern Africa's petroleum refining is concentrated in South Africa where four refineries have a combined 489,547 bbl/d capacity.
		Southern Africa faces various environmental problems, including pollution of water supplies, deforestation, desertification, pollution associated with oil and gas development, and dramatic decline in biodiversity throughout the region.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/sadc.html (5983 words)

	Southern African Development Community (SADC)
		As a member of SADC, South Africa's focus is on regional co-operation for the socioeconomic development of the Southern African region.
		In terms of this "Framework", our vision for the Southern African region is one of the highest possible degree of economic cooperation, mutual assistance where necessary and joint planning of regional development initiatives, leading to integration consistent with socio-economic, environmental and political realities.
		These include the establishment of a free trade area in the region, the development of basic infrastructure, the development of human resources and the creation of the necessary capacity to drive this complicated process forward, as well as the urgent need for peace, democracy and good governance to be established throughout the region.
	www.dfa.gov.za /foreign/Multilateral/africa/sadc.htm (2074 words)

	tThe Southern African Development Community (SADC)
		The Southern African Co-ordination Conference (SADCC), the forerunner of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was formed in Lusaka, Zambia on April 1st, 1980, following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration - Southern Africa: Towards Economic Liberation by the nine founding Member States.
		The one week SADC Summit including a two day Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government offers a full spectrum of development discussions and networking events, in an environment that is conducive to combining work and pleasure.
		Tanzania is one of the 14 member states of SADC that is setting the economic pace for the East and Central Africa and by association, the rest of Southern Africa.
	www.africa-ata.org /txt_sadc_summit.htm (1108 words)

	Sub-Regional Report - Southern African Development Community
		In the SADC region as elsewhere, unsustainable development has been and remains largely driven by economic and sectoral policies which are too narrowly conceived and focused and particularly neglect the adverse impacts on the poor majority and the environment.
		To break away from unsustainable to sustainable development in the SADC region, environmental concerns need to be increasingly incorporated as an integral part of the development policies and decision-making of the major economic and sectoral Ministries.
		In the SADC region as elsewhere, unsustainable development has been and remains largely driven by economic and sectoral policies which are too narrowly conceived and focussed and particularly neglect their adverse impacts on the poor majority and the environment.
	www.un.org /esa/earthsummit/sadc-cp.htm (10236 words)

	THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OVERVIEW
		The Council is responsible for overseeing the functioning and development of SADC and ensuring that policies are properly implemented.
		SADC meetings are hosted, on rotation, by member States at their own expense, but Member States delegations meet their own cost of travel, accommodation and subsistence.
		The SADC Health Sector was established to promote, coordinate and support the individual and collective effort of Member States to attain an acceptable standard of health for all the people of the region.
	www.doh.gov.za /department/sadc/docs/overview.html (1369 words)

	Southern African Development Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in 1980 as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), adopting its current name during Windhoek summit meeting in 17 August 1992.
		Before 1992, the aim of SADCC was to forge close economic co-operation with southern African countries excluding South Africa.
		SADC has grown from a small membership of 11 to 14 countries.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/organisations/sadc/sadec.htm (138 words)

	African Energy – Southern Africa and Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SADC member-states are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		The Declaration and Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was signed at the Summit of Heads of State or Government on July 17, 1992, in Windhoek, Namibia.
		Southern Africa's total installed electric generating capacity was 54,183 MW at the beginning of 2000, the majority of which is thermal (see Table 6).
	www.africa-energy.com /html/public/data/sadc.html (5526 words)

	Top20Botswana.com - Your Top20 Guide to Botswana! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gaborone is host to the headquarters of the 14 nation Southern African Development Community (SADC), a successor to the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC-launched in 1980), which focused its efforts on freeing regional economic development from dependence on apartheid South Africa.
		SADC embraced the newly democratic South Africa as a member in 1994 and has a broad mandate to encourage growth, development, and economic integration in Southern Africa.
		SADC's Trade Protocol, which was launched on September 1, 2000, calls for the elimination of all tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade by 2008 among the 11 signatory countries.
	www.top20botswana.com (2549 words)

	Appendix 2B: Southern African Development Community
		SADC is funded through contributions from Member States, income from its enterprises and receipts from regional and non-regional resources.
		SADC graduated from an informal club (SADCC) - established by a legal organisation/community (with provisions for binding rules and regulations) in which Member States, through appropriate institutions of SADC, coordinate, rationalise and harmonise their overall macroeconomic and sector policies and strategies, programmes and projects in the areas of cooperation.
		SADC seeks cooperation from the international community in the implementation of its regional programme towards the achievement of its priorities and objectives.
	www.fao.org /docrep/w5973e/w5973e05.htm (3672 words)

	Clean Web Directory » Regional » Africa » Regions » Southern Africa » Southern African ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Federation of African Media Women - SADC - Encourages the advancement of women in media management, and the use of media for development.
		IUCN Regional Office for Southern Africa - Established to benefit "the southern African region and Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the development of modern skills in conservation and natural resource management.
		Southern African Development Community - A brief economic and energy sector overview of the fourteen countries that make up (SADC), from United States Energy Information Administration (Feb 2000).
	www.capehostpro.com /directory?c=Regional/Africa/Regions/Southern_Africa/Southern_African_Development_Community (366 words)

	Southern African Development Community: Policing to protect human rights
		Every day in countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), human rights are under attack from the police.
		However, the report also notes, that the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organization (SARPCCO), is taking the lead in promoting professional and effective policing through training in ethical and human rights standards.
		Amnesty International members and other civil society organizations in SADC countries are contacting their governments to call for action to ensure that respect for human rights is the guiding principle for accountable policing, and that measures to improve the efficiency of the police are also measures which promote respect for human rights.
	www.amnestyusa.org /regions/africa/document.do?id=961F56EA2553F6BB80256BDF002F4CE9 (981 words)

	Southern African Development Community -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The diversification of farming communities in southern Africa
		There thus developed a general feeling among the intelligentsia that the colonies were being deliberately exploited by ever more firmly entrenched European political and economic systems and that there had developed a new, wider, and mobilizable public to appeal to for support.
		The southern region of Europe is a rich blend of cultures, traditions, and attractions.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9068915 (903 words)

	Southern African Development Community (SADC)
		Berlin, 21 June 2002 The Executive Secretary of CMS was invited to an extraordinary meeting convened in Berlin on 21 June 2002 by the Ambassadors of the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Germany.
		The Executive Secretary gave a briefing on the aims, instruments and main achievements of the Convention with focus on Africa as a priority area for CMS.
		The Ambassadors noted with satisfaction the linkage between the SADC and CMS objectives and recognized the relative importance of concerted efforts in conservation measures.
	www.cms.int /news/PRESS/nwPR2002/nw_250602_sadc_meeting.htm (87 words)

	Southern African Development Community (SADC) - SADC - Equal Employment Opportunities
		In April, 1980, the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) was established by nine Southern African governments: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
		SADC functions under a decentralised institutional framework to ensure that its Member States are the principal actors in formulating and implementing policy decisions.
		A tribunal is to be established pursuant to the SADC Treaty to ensure adherence to and proper interpretation of its provisions.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/gems/eeo/sadc/law/dep1.htm (850 words)

	Southern African Development Community
		The Declaration and Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which has replaced the Co-ordination Conference was signed at the Summit of Heads of State Government on 17 July 1992, in Windhoek, Namibia.
		Are in arrears for more than one year in the payment of contributions to SADC for reasons other than those caused by natural calamity or exceptional circumstances that gravely affect their economies, and have not secured the dispensation of the Summit.
		The Secretariat is the principal executive institution of the SADC and is responsible for strategic planning and management of programmes of the SADC, the implementation of decisions of the Summit and the Council.
	www.itcilo.it /english/actrav/telearn/global/ilo/blokit/sadc.htm (1674 words)

	An MBendi Profile - Organisation: Southern African Development Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The SADC was formerly the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) which was established in July 1979 to harmonise economic development among the countries in Southern Africa.
		At the time of formation the SADC group excluded South Africa and had as a key objective the reduction of their economic dependence on South Africa.
		The objectives of the SADC are to : * Achieve development and economic growth, alleviate poverty, enhance the standard and quality of life of the peoples of Southern Africa and support the socially disadvantaged through regional integration.
	mbendi.co.za /orsadc.htm (375 words)

	Top20SouthAfrica.com - Your Top20 Guide to South Africa! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The southern coast, a part of which is known as the Garden Route has a climate remarkably similar to that of the Mediterranean with wet winters and hot, dry summers.
		South Africa is a middle-income country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors, a stock exchange, JSE Securities Exchange, that ranks among the 10 largest in the world, and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centres throughout the region.
		An African language channel was introduced to the SABC in 1981, and finally the SABC's monopoly was challenged in 1986 when a new television network, M-Net, was launched.
	www.top20southafrica.com (4668 words)

	Top20Zambia.com - Your Top20 Guide to Zambia! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Southern Rhodesia was annexed formally and granted self-government in 1923, and the administration of Northern Rhodesia was transferred to the British Colonial Office in 1924 as a protectorate.
		Zambia is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Commonwealth, the African Union, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), which is headquartered in Lusaka.
		Zambia was the first African state to cooperate with the International Tribunal investigation of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
	www.top20zambia.com (3245 words)

	ipedia.com: Southern African Development Community Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Southern African Development Community is an organization that aims to promote Southern African regional cooperation in economic development.
		The headquarters of the SADC are situated in Gaborone, Botswana.
		The working languages of Community are English, French and Portuguese.
	www.ipedia.com /southern_african_development_community.html (376 words)

	Top20Lesotho.com - Your Top20 Guide to Lesotho! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) engaged in negotiations aimed at the reinstatement of the BCP government.
		By the time the SADC forces withdrew in May of 1999, much of Maseru lay in ruins, and the southern provincial capitol towns of Mafeteng and Mohales Hoek had seen the loss of over a third of their commercial real estate.
		Lesotho is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), in which tariffs have been eliminated on the trade of goods between other member countries Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.
	www.top20lesotho.com (2084 words)

	Top20Malawi.com - Your Top20 Guide to Malawi! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The origins for the name Malawi remains unclear; it is held to be either derived from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter of the sun rising across the lake' (as seen in its flag).
		One of their objectives was to end the slave trade to the Persian Gulf that continued to the end of the 19th century.
		Increasing domestic unrest and pressure from Malawian churches and from the international community led to a referendum in which the Malawian people were asked to vote for either a multi-party democracy or the continuation of a one-party state.
	www.top20malawi.com (2848 words)

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