SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ARTICLE 10A ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY CO-OPERATION 1. The Summit shall select a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson of the Organ on the basis of rotation from among the members of the Summit except that the Chairperson of the Summit shall not simultaneously be the chairperson of the Organ. 2. The term of office of the Chairperson, Incoming Chairperson and the Outgoing Chairperson of the Organ shall be one year respectively. 3. The Chairperson of the Organ shall consult with the Troika of the Summit and report to the Summit. 4. There shall be a Ministerial Committee of the Organ, consisting of the Ministers responsible for: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) foreign affairs; defence; public security; state security; or police from each of the Member States, which shall be responsible for the coordination of the work of the Organ and its structures. 5. The structure, functions, powers and procedures of the Organ and other related matters shall be prescribed in a Protocol. 6. The Secretariat shall provide Secretariat services to the Organ. 7. Decisions of the Organ shall be taken by consensus. ARTICLE 11 THE COUNCIL 1. The Council shall consist of one Minister from each Member State, preferably a Minister responsible for Foreign or External Affairs. 2. It shall be the responsibility of the Council to: (a) oversee the functioning and development of SADC; (b) oversee the implementation of the policies of SADC and the proper execution of its programmes; (c) advise the Summit on matters of overall policy and efficient and harmonious functioning and development of SADC; (d) approve policies, strategies and work programmes of SADC; Consolidated text of the Treaty of the Southern African Development Community, as Amended - 10 -