{"id":4766,"date":"2023-08-18T20:55:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=4766"},"modified":"2023-08-20T01:52:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T01:52:15","slug":"communique-of-43rd-sadc-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/communique-of-43rd-sadc-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Communique of 43rd SADC Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>&nbsp;The 43rd&nbsp;Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/sadc\/\">#SADC<\/a>) was held on 17th&nbsp;August 2023, in Luanda, Republic of Angola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit&nbsp;was&nbsp;attended&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;Heads&nbsp;of&nbsp;State&nbsp;and&nbsp;Government,&nbsp;or&nbsp;their representatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angola:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Jo\u00e3o&nbsp;Manuel&nbsp;Gon\u00e7alves Louren\u00e7o<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Botswana:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Dr&nbsp;Mokgweetsi&nbsp;Eric Keabetswe Masisi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Congo:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;F\u00e9lix&nbsp;Antoine&nbsp;Tshisekedi Tshilombo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kingdom&nbsp;of&nbsp;Eswatini:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;His&nbsp;Majesty&nbsp;King&nbsp;Mswati&nbsp;III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kingdom&nbsp;of&nbsp;Lesotho:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The&nbsp;Right&nbsp;Honourable&nbsp;the&nbsp;Prime&nbsp;Minister Samuel&nbsp;Ntsokoane&nbsp;Matekane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malawi:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Lazarus&nbsp;McCarthy Chakwera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozambique:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Filipe&nbsp;Jacinto&nbsp;Nyusi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Namibia:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Hage&nbsp;Gottfried&nbsp;Geingob<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Matamela&nbsp;Cyril&nbsp;Ramaphosa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zambia:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Hakainde&nbsp;Hichilema<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zimbabwe:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H.E.&nbsp;President&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Emmerson&nbsp;Dambudzo Mnangagwa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seychelles:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  H.E.&nbsp;the&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Ahmed Afif<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Tanzania:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; H.E.&nbsp;the&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President,&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Philip Isdor Mpango<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mauritius:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Hon. Mr. Soomilduth Bholah, Minister of Industrial Development,&nbsp;Small&nbsp;and&nbsp;Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Cooperatives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comoros&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; H.E. Mr Hamada Madi, Diplomatic Adviser to&nbsp;the&nbsp;President and&nbsp;Former&nbsp;Prime&nbsp;Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3<\/strong>. Summit was also attended by the Executive Secretary of SADC, and the Acting Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit&nbsp;elected His Excellency Jo\u00e3o Manuel&nbsp;Gon\u00e7alves Louren\u00e7o,&nbsp;President of the Republic of Angola, as Chairperson of SADC, and His Excellency Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, as the Incoming Chairperson of SADC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit also elected His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia, as Chairperson of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, and Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;United&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Tanzania&nbsp;as Incoming&nbsp;Chairperson&nbsp;ofthe Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit received a report from the Chairperson of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, His Excellency Dr. Hage Gottfried Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia, and commended him for his outstanding&nbsp;leadership&nbsp;and&nbsp;continued&nbsp;efforts&nbsp;in&nbsp;sustaining&nbsp;peace&nbsp;andsecurity in the region during his tenure of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit received an update on the political and security situation in the Kingdom&nbsp;of&nbsp;Lesotho&nbsp;and conveyed&nbsp;its&nbsp;appreciation&nbsp;for&nbsp;progress&nbsp;made&nbsp;and&nbsp;for the commitment of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Government of Lesotho to finalise&nbsp;the comprehensive reforms process. Summit commended the Panel of Elders led by H.E. Dr Jakaya Mrisho&nbsp;Kikwete,&nbsp;Former&nbsp;President&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;United&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Tanzania, for facilitating this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit endorsed the extension of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM)&nbsp;by&nbsp;twelve&nbsp;months, and&nbsp;commended&nbsp;Member&nbsp;States,&nbsp;SAMIM&nbsp;Mission Leadership and Personnel for their dedication and contribution in supporting the Mission to achieve peace and security in the Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique and the commencement of a phased drawdown of SAMIM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit received a progress report on the implementation of the Mechanism in&nbsp;Honour&nbsp;of&nbsp;the SADC&nbsp;Founders&nbsp;and&nbsp;handed&nbsp;over&nbsp;a&nbsp;medal&nbsp;to His&nbsp;Excellency Lieutenant General Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, Former President of the Republic of Botswana and son of Sir Seretse Khama, First President of the Republic of&nbsp;Botswana&nbsp;and&nbsp;one&nbsp;of the Founders&nbsp;of SADC&nbsp;in recognition of his legacy and contribution to SADC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit also received&nbsp;an update on the security situation in the eastern DRC and endorsed the deployment of the SADC Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC) to restore peace and security in the eastern DRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit&nbsp;noted&nbsp;the&nbsp;outcome&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Quadripartite&nbsp;Summit,&nbsp;and&nbsp;reiterated&nbsp;the&nbsp;call to strengthen the coordination and harmonisation of peace initiatives in eastern DRC,&nbsp;by&nbsp;various&nbsp;actors&nbsp;including the&nbsp;East&nbsp;African&nbsp;Community&nbsp;(EAC), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), SADC and United Nations (UN) and the African Union Commission (AUC), and commended H.E. President Jo\u00e3o Manuel Gon\u00e7alves Louren\u00e7o, as AU Champion, for leading Peace and Reconciliation processes in the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit noted the readiness of the Member States that will hold elections during&nbsp;the&nbsp;year,&nbsp;namely the&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Zimbabwe&nbsp;in&nbsp;August,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Kingdom&nbsp;of Eswatini in September, the Republic of Madagascar in November and December,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Democratic&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Congo&nbsp;in&nbsp;December,&nbsp;and South&nbsp;Africa in 2024 and Botswana in 2024 and wished the Member States peaceful elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit received progress reports on the status of implementation of the SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan 2020-2030, notably, the region&#8217;s socio-economic situation, regional economic performance, infrastructure development, industrialisation, regional food and nutrition security&nbsp;situation,&nbsp;gender&nbsp;and&nbsp;development,&nbsp;the&nbsp;status&nbsp;of&nbsp;health&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;region, and on disaster risk management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong>\u00a0Summit\u00a0noted progress in the implementation of the theme\u00a0of the 42nd\u00a0SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, regardin<em>g\u00a0\u201c<strong>Promoting industrialization through agro-processing, mineral beneficiation, and regional value chains for inclusive and resilient economic growth<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>, and\u00a0commended\u00a0the\u00a0Outgoing\u00a0Chairperson\u00a0of\u00a0SADC,\u00a0H.E.\u00a0President\u00a0F\u00e9lix\u00a0Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, for his exemplary leadership in delivering on the key areas of the theme during his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit&nbsp;endorsed&nbsp;the&nbsp;theme&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;43rd&nbsp;SADC&nbsp;Summit&nbsp;of&nbsp;Heads&nbsp;of&nbsp;State&nbsp;and Government, titled \u201c<em><strong>Human and Financial Capital: The Key Drivers for Sustainable Industrialisation in the SADC Region<\/strong>\u2019\u2019<\/em>. The theme seeks to address two of the most critical enablers in supporting regional industrialisation&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;context&nbsp;of&nbsp;climate&nbsp;change&nbsp;and&nbsp;4th&nbsp;Industrial&nbsp;Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit also endorsed the Regional Gas Master Plan, 2023-2038 as a gas infrastructure investment blueprint to facilitate coordinated harnessing of natural gas resources within the region and directed that progress on its implementation to be reported on biennial basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit&nbsp;noted&nbsp;the&nbsp;progress&nbsp;made&nbsp;towards&nbsp;the&nbsp;operationalisation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;SADC Humanitarian Emergency Operations Centre (SHOC) and urged Member States who have not done so to fast-track national processes to sign the Memorandum&nbsp;of&nbsp;Agreement&nbsp;in&nbsp;order&nbsp;to&nbsp;pave&nbsp;way&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;entry into&nbsp;force&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Agreement&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;establishment&nbsp;of&nbsp;SADC&nbsp;Humanitarian&nbsp;and&nbsp;Emergency Operations Centre by October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>18.<\/strong>\u00a0Summit\u00a0approved\u00a0and\u00a0signed\u00a0the\u00a0SADC\u00a0Declaration\u00a0on\u00a0Accelerating\u00a0Action\u00a0to end\u00a0HIV\u00a0and\u00a0AIDS\u00a0as a\u00a0Public\u00a0Health\u00a0Threat\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0SADC\u00a0Region\u00a0by\u00a02030,\u00a0in which\u00a0Heads\u00a0of\u00a0State\u00a0and\u00a0Government committed\u00a0to\u00a0provide\u00a0strong\u00a0leadership and working in partnership with local communities and the international community in keeping the fight against HIV and AIDS a top priority for the Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit also approved and signed the SADC Protocol on Employment and Labour which, among others, provides a strategic regional co-operation framework on employment and labour related matters to facilitate the achievement of decent work for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit endorsed and provided solidarity and support to candidates from Member States vying for positions in continental and international organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>21.&nbsp;<\/strong>Summit approved the appointment of Dr. Judith Kateera, a citizen of the Republic of Zimbabwe, as the new SADC Deputy Executive Secretary for Corporate Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>22.<\/strong>&nbsp;Summit commended the outgoing Deputy Executive Secretary for Corporate Affairs at the SADC Secretariat, Ambassador Joseph Nourrice, a national of the&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Seychelles,&nbsp;whose&nbsp;tenure is&nbsp;coming&nbsp;to&nbsp;an&nbsp;end&nbsp;in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2023,&nbsp;for&nbsp;serving&nbsp;the&nbsp;SADC&nbsp;Secretariat&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;region&nbsp;diligently, professionally,&nbsp;and with unwavering commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>23.&nbsp;<\/strong>Summit extended its appreciation to the Government and the people of the Republic of Angola for successfully hosting the 43rd&nbsp;SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>24.<\/strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;Chairperson&nbsp;of&nbsp;SADC,&nbsp;His&nbsp;Excellency&nbsp;Jo\u00e3o&nbsp;Manuel&nbsp;Gon\u00e7alves&nbsp;Louren\u00e7o, President&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Angola,&nbsp;expressed&nbsp;gratitude&nbsp;to&nbsp;all&nbsp;Heads&nbsp;of&nbsp;State and Government for attending the 43rd&nbsp;Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government and electing him to lead the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Done on 17th&nbsp;August 2023 Luanda,&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of Angola.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.&nbsp;The 43rd&nbsp;Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (#SADC) was held on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[95],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - 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