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2012-2013 The 32 SADC Summit was held in Maputo, Mozambique on 18 August
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2012, hosted and chaired by President Armando Emílio Guebuza.

Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan
The 32 SADC Summit adopted the Regional Infrastructure Development Master
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Plan Vision 2027 to be implemented over a 15-year period 2013-2027. This will provide
a key strategic framework to guide the implementation of efficient, seamless and cost-
effective trans-boundary infrastructure networks in an integrated manner in the six

sectors of Energy, Transport, Tourism, ICT and Postal, Meteorology, and Water.

Development of Vision 2050
SADC will develop a long-term vision based on the existing SADC Vision as articulated
in the Treaty and the RISDP. The Summit proposed to strengthen this foundation by
incorporating the emerging regional and international issues. The idea to develop a SADC
Vision 2050 was initiated during an Extraordinary Summit in Angola in June 2012.
HIV and AIDS
The Summit urged Member States to fully support the
SADC HIV and AIDS cross-border initiative for providing
preventive, care and treatment services at major cross-
border points, and other regional programmes.
Protocols and other Legal Instruments
62 Summit approved and signed three legal instruments: Protocol on Trade in Services;
Agreement on Assistance in Tax Matters; and Declaration on Tuberculosis in the Mining
Sector. The primary objective of the Protocol on Trade in Services is to level the playing
field among SADC members by ensuring that industries and consumers take advantage
of a single regional services market.

SADC Tribunal
The SADC Tribunal, which was established in 2005 when judges were appointed, was
suspended by the 2010 Summit in Namibia which decided that a review should be
undertaken. Based on this review, the 2012 Summit in Mozambique resolved that a new
Tribunal should be negotiated with a mandate confined to interpretation of the SADC
Treaty and Protocols relating to disputes between Member States.
SADC Standby Force to Eastern DRC
An Extra-Ordinary Summit held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
on 7-8 December 2012, hosted and chaired by President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, affirmed
that SADC as a block will deploy the SADC Standby Force to Eastern DRC under auspices
of the Neutral International Force (NIF), to which the United Republic of Tanzania and
the Republic of South Africa pledged one battalion and logistics support respectively, and
agreed to engage the African Union Peace and Security Council and United Nations
Security Council for Support to the deployment and sustenance.
Report on Customs Union
The Summit received a report from the Ministerial Task Force on Regional Economic
Integration on key elements for the Customs Union, including the parameters, benchmarks
and a model Customs Union for SADC, including the sequencing of activities.