ARTICLE4 FUNCTIONS OF SADCBRIG The functions of the SADCBRIG shall be to participate in missions as envisaged in Article 13 of the Protocol Establishing the Peace and Security Council of the AU, which include performing the following functions: (a) observations and monitoring missions; (b) other types of Peace Support Missions; (c) intervention in a State Party in respect of grave circumstances or at the request of that State Party, or to restore peace and security in accordance with Article 4(h) and 0) of the Constitutive Act; (d) preventive deployment in order to prevent: (i) a dispute or conflict from escalating; (ii) an on-going violent conflict from spreading to neighbouring areas or States; and (iii) the resurgence of violence after parties to a conflict have reached an agreement; (e) peace-building, including post-conflict disarmament and demobilization; (f) humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of civilian population in conflict areas and support; (g) any other functions as may be authorised by the SADC Summit. 6