ACP regional organisations
The Declaration and Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was signed on July 17, 1992, in Windhoek, Namibia. It came from the transformation of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) created in 1980 which main aim was to coordinate development projects in order to lessen economic dependence on the then apartheid South Africa. The Member States are Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. SADC headquarters are in Gaborone, Botswana.
Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar, with SADC-members Angola, DRC, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, are members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
The SADC vision is that of a common future, a future within a regional community that will ensure economic well-being, improvement of the standards of living and quality of life, freedom and social justice and peace and security for the peoples of Southern Africa. This shared vision is anchored on the common values and principles and the historical and cultural affinities that exist between the peoples of Southern Africa.
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