"State Party" means a member state that has signed or acceded to this MoU; "Personnel" means the Military, Police and Civilian personnel appointed for the purposes of this MoU; "Planning Element" means an autonomous management structure that operates on a daily basis as a tool of the SADC Organ to ensure the attainment of the objectives of the SADCBRIG; "SADCBRIG" means the Southern African Development Community Standby Brigade; "SADCPOL" means the Southern African Development Community Police Component of the Standby Brigade. ARTICLE 2 PURPOSE OF MOU The purpose of this MoU is to establish and provide a legal basis for the operationalisation of SADCBRIG. ARTICLE 3 ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION OF SADC BRIG There is hereby established a SADC Standby Brigade which shall consist of the Military, Police and Civilian component. 5