Luanda - The Standing Committee of Senior Officials of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Wednesday gave their consent to the motto of the 43rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the regional organisation, scheduled for August 17, 2023 in Luanda, Angola.
Summit’s spokesperson Jorge Cardoso said the motto “Human and Financial Capital: Main factors for the sustainable industrialisation of SADC” has an underlying strategy and an action plan.
Working together with the Secretariat and the Angola’s commitment, as the chair of organization, will ensure its full implementation.
He also took stock of the implementation of the motto of the previous summit (42nd), under Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) presidency, which allowed the committee to assess the activities carried out in the region in that period.
The first session of the preparatory committee, on matters to be taken to the Council of Ministers meeting on 13-14 August, focused on the issues such as cooperation with international partners, with stress to the European Union (EU), Germany and the United States.
Jorge Cardoso also announced plans for a cooperation agreement with the US, whose meeting (SADC and US) will be held soon, under the presidency of Angola.
The event (SADC-US) will take place, in addition to the existing cooperation agreement with the EU 2021/2027.
The meeting of senior officials, which takes place behind closed doors, analyses matters related to the legal instruments of cooperation in the region, the evaluation of the implementation of the SADC restructuring process, as well as the swearing in of the new deputy executive secretary for institutional matters.
For Thursday, the programme features meeting of the SADC Finance Committee. VC/AL/CF/NIC
