SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
5.
Each national steering committee shall consist of the chairperson of the SADC National
Committee and the chairpersons of sub-committees.
6.
Sub-committees and technical committees of the SADC National Committee shall operate at
ministerial and officials levels.
7.
A national steering committee shall be responsible for ensuring rapid implementation of
programmes that would otherwise wait for a formal meeting of the SADC National
Committee.
8.
Sub-committees and technical committees shall endeavour to involve key stakeholders in their
operations.
9.
Each Member State shall create a national secretariat to facilitate the operation of the SADC
National Committee.
10.
Each national secretariat of a SADC National Committee shall produce and submit reports to
the Secretariat at specified intervals.
11.
Each Member State shall provide funds for the operation of its national secretariat which shall
be structured according to the core areas of integration referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 12
of this Treaty.
12.
Each SADC National Committee shall meet at least four times a year.
13.
For purposes of this Article, key stakeholders include:
(a)
government;
(b)
private sector;
(c)
civil society;
(d)
non-governmental organizations; and
(e)
workers and employers organizations.
ARTICLE 17
SPECIFIC UNDERTAKINGS
1.
Member States shall respect the international character and responsibilities of SADC, the
Executive Secretary and other staff of SADC, and shall not seek to influence them in the
discharge of their functions.
2.
In the performance of their duties, the members of the Tribunal, the Executive Secretary and
the other staff of SADC shall be committed to the international character of SADC, and shall
not seek or receive instructions from any Member States, or from any authority external to
SADC. They shall refrain from any action incompatible with their positions as international
staff responsible only to SADC.
Consolidated text of the Treaty of the Southern African Development Community, as Amended
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