Page 71 - sadc40en

SADC Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
The Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was
inaugurated in October 2011 at a meeting in Seychelles. All
SADC Member States have disaster management structures for
national activities, but when heavy floods displaced more than a
million people in the region in 2007, SADC also established a
Disaster Risk Reduction Unit to coordinate preparedness and
response for trans‐boundary disasters.
Small Arms and Light Weapons
SADC and other Regional Economic Communities in Africa have developed a strategy
for the control of illicit proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
including rifles, pistols and light machineguns, as this poses a major threat to
development in the region and continent. The illicit production and possession of small
arms is a criminal offence under the SADC Protocol on the Control of Firearms,
Ammunition and other Related Materials. National focal points have been established
as required by the Protocol, coordinated by the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs
Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO).

Action for Youth and Vulnerable Children
SADC Ministers responsible for youth and for vulnerable children have adopted common
plans and actions for the region to accelerate the delivery of basic services and needs for
vulnerable children and youth, including safe drinking water, healthcare, education and 61
skills to enable youth to create jobs for themselves, in line with Article 12 of the African
Youth Charter.

Extra­Ordinary Summit in Angola
An Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government was held in Luanda,
Angola on 1 June 2012, hosted and chaired by President José Eduardo dos Santos and
considered the report of the Organ Troika that met prior to the full Summit.

Madagascar Roadmap
The SADC Mediation Team led by the former President Joaquim Alberto Chissano of
Mozambique and the SADC Organ Troika resulted in the signing, in September 2011 by
ten of the eleven Malagasy stakeholders, of the Roadmap that seeks to return the country
to constitutional normalcy. The SADC Liaison Office is operational since January 2012
to support the process.
SADC Candidate for Chairperson of African Union Commission
The Summit reiterated its support for Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma, the Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa, for the
position of Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and
for Malawi which is hosting the next AU Summit in July 2012.
Dr Zuma was elected and served as AUC Chairperson from 15
October 2012 – 30 January 2017, the first woman to do so. For
the 50th Anniversary Summit on 25 May 2013 during her term,
the African Union approved Agenda 2063 – The Africa We Want,
and 10-year implementation plans were developed.