SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE ................................................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................ 2 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER TWO: ESTABLISHMENT AND LEGAL STATUS .................................................. 4 ARTICLE 2 ESTABLISHMENT ......................................................................................... 4 ARTICLE 3 LEGAL STATUS ........................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER THREE: PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES, SADC COMMON AGENDA AND GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS............................................................................................................ ARTICLE 4 PRINCIPLES................................................................................................. 5 ARTICLE 5 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................... 5 ARTICLE 5A SADC COMMON AGENDA .......................................................................... 6 ARTICLE 6 GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS ............................................................................ 7 CHAPTER FOUR: MEMBERSHIP ..................................................................................... 7 ARTICLE 7 MEMBERSHIP .............................................................................................. 7 ARTICLE 8 ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS..................................................................... 7 CHAPTER FIVE: INSTITUTIONS ..................................................................................... 8 ARTICLE 9 ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTIONS............................................................... 8 ARTICLE 9A TROIKA .................................................................................................... 8 ARTICLE 10 THE SUMMIT ............................................................................................. 9 ARTICLE 10A ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY CO-OPERATION ................. 10 ARTICLE 11 THE COUNCIL.......................................................................................... 10 ARTICLE 12SECTORAL AND CLUSTER MINISTERIAL COMMITTEES.................................. 11 ARTICLE 13 THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF OFFICIALS ................................................ 12 ARTICLE 14 THE SECRETARIAT................................................................................... 13 ARTICLE 15 THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY .................................................................... 14 ARTICLE 16 THE TRIBUNAL ........................................................................................ 15 ARTICLE 16A SADC NATIONAL COMMITTEES .............................................................. 15 ARTICLE 17 SPECIFIC UNDERTAKINGS ........................................................................ 16 CHAPTER SIX: MEETINGS .......................................................................................... 17 ARTICLE 18 QUORUM ................................................................................................ 17 ARTICLE 19 DECISIONS ............................................................................................. 17 ARTICLE 20 PROCEDURE............................................................................................ 17 CHAPTER SEVEN: CO-OPERATION .............................................................................. 17 ARTICLE 21 AREAS OF CO-OPERATION........................................................................ 17 ARTICLE 22 PROTOCOLS ........................................................................................... 18 ARTICLE 23 STAKEHOLDERS ...................................................................................... 19 CHAPTER EIGHT: RELATIONS WITH OTHER STATES, REGIONAL AND ........ INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ...................................................................................................... 19 ARTICLE 24 .............................................................................................................. 19 CHAPTER NINE: RESOURCES, FUNDS AND ASSETS ...................................................... 19 ARTICLE 25 RESOURCES............................................................................................ 19 ARTICLE 26 FUNDS ................................................................................................... 20 ARTICLE 26A REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND ............................................................. 20 ARTICLE 27 ASSETS .................................................................................................. 20 Consolidated text of the Treaty of the Southern African Development Community, as Amended -i- 5