1.8 On the 17th August 1999, in Maputo, Mozambique, the Heads of State and Government decided to restructure all SADC Institutions including the Organ. The Extra-ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government, in Windhoek, Namibia, on the 9th March 2001, approved the Report on the Review of the Operations of the SADC institutions. 1.9 On the 14th August 2001, in Blantyre, Malawi, the Heads of State and Government signed the Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation, which provides an institutional framework by which Member States coordinate policies and activities in the areas of politics, defence, and security. 1.10 At its extraordinary meeting held in Blantyre, Malawi, on the 14th January 2002, Summit mandated the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation to prepare the Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ (SIPO), which would provide guidelines for the implementation of the Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation for the next five years. 1.11 The Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ is based on the objectives and common agenda of SADC stated in Article 5 of the Treaty as amended on 14 of August 2001 in Blantyre, Malawi. The guiding principles for the strategic activities outlined in the SIPO are those that guides the implementation of the common agenda as stated in the Report on the Review of the Operations of SADC Institutions approved by Extraordinary Summit on the 9th of March 2001in Windhoek, Namibia. 11