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Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad to Form Part of South African
Delegation to SADC Ministerial Meeting Pretoria - South African Deputy
Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad will on Wednesday 21 March 2007 depart for Maseru,
Lesotho where he will join Minister Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance, as part
of a senior South African government delegation to the SADC Council of Ministers
meeting scheduled from Thursday - Friday 22-23 March 2007. Deputy Minister
Pahad will participate in this meeting within the context of South Africa's commitment
to consolidate the African developmental agenda by promoting the integration and
development of SADC. Although the March session of the Council of Ministers
is customarily of a predominantly administrative and financial nature, Foreign
Ministers are expected to deliberate on the review of operations of the Integrated
Committee of Ministers (ICM) as well as progress made in the regional economic
integration process following a report from the Ministerial Task Force on this
issue. In addition, Ministers will consider, among others: - Progress
in the establishment of the new SADC headquarters including the design, financing
and construction;
- The financing of SADC projects including the HIV and
AIDS project, the Hashim Mbita project, and the food security training programme;
- Outcomes
of the SADC-European Union Joint Ministerial meeting;
- The proposed SADC
Conference on Poverty and Development; and
- The proposed membership of
the Seychelles.
Ministers will also receive reports from the: - Executive
Secretary;
- SADC Troika; and
- Finance Committee.
The
Ministerial meeting will be preceded by meetings of the Standing Committee of
Senior Officials and the Finance Committee. Deputy Minister Pahad is scheduled
to return to South Africa on Saturday 24 March 2007. Issued by Ronnie
Mamoepa on 082 990 4853 Department of Foreign Affairs
Private
Bag X152
Pretoria
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