Luanda – The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meets in Luanda, between the 10th and 11th of February, to analyze the progress made in implementing regional programs.
According to a press release sent to ANGOP, the meeting, which will be led by the head of Angolan diplomacy, Téte António, as current President-in-Office of the organization's Council of Ministers, will approve the Annual Institutional Plan and the Secretariat's budget for the 2024/2025 financial year.
During the two workin days, the ministers will also review and discuss the degree of compliance with the Council's decisions and the progress made in terms of materializing the motto of the 43rd SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, as well as the Indicative Strategic Regional Development Plan for 2020-2030 and the SADC Emergency and Humanitarian Operations Center (SHOC), or disasters occurring in the region.
The 43rd Summit of the regional organization's political leaders took place last August in the Angolan capital, Luanda, under the motto "Human and Financial Capital: The main factors for sustainable industrialization in the SADC region".
The Council of Ministers oversees the functioning and development of SADC and guarantees the concomitant execution of policies and decisions and is, as a rule, responsible for the oversight of Foreign Relations, Foreign Affairs and International ties, Economic Planning, Finance or Trade, of the sixteen (16) Member States and meets twice a year, namely in March and August.
SADC's mission is to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-economic development, through efficient production systems, deeper cooperation and integration, good governance and lasting peace and security, so that the region emerges as a competitive and effective actor in the contexts of international affairs and the world economy. FMA/VIC/CF/DOJ
