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Get
Ready for the Southern Africa Tourism Expo in
Zambia, May 2-4,
2009 When
the SADC HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SUMMIT was
held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa Travel
Magazine produced a special edition for that
important occasion The success of this issue was so
overwhelming that we decided on a repeat
performance at the next opportunity which will be
in our Southern Africa World Edition
following Indaba 2009. Here
are some brief items about the organization and
membership benefits.
The 28th
Annual Summit brought together over 700 delegates
representing Government Ministries and
Institutions, economic and social service experts,
financial institutions, international
organizations, non-governmental organizations,
donors and journalists. The Summit provided a good
forum for exchange of ideas and experiences between
SADC member states government leaders on issues
affecting regional integration, sustainable
development, promoting and defending peace and
security, poverty alleviation, fight against
endemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS and human
resources development in Southern Africa and
globalization of World Economy.
Background
on SADC from past events:
Southern
African Development Community (SADC) includes 14
Nations from the Cape to the
Congo.
The
Southern African Coordination Conference (SADC),
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 Declaration and Treaty establishing the
Community, which replaced the Coordination
Conference, was signed at the Summit of Heads of
State or Government on August 17th, 1992, in
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