Abstract
Ten years ago, nine countries in southern Africa launched a grand experiment in international cooperation . They formed the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), an organization dedicated to promoting development at the national level through coordination at the regional level. SADCC was formally established in April of 1980 . The original members were Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanza nia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Following the political settlement that led to the withdrawal of South Africa and popular elections in 1990, Namibia will become the official 10th member of SADCC, once administrative procedures are completed. SADCC's founding declaration etablished four objectives: 1. reduction of economic dependence, particularly, but not only, on the Republic of South Africa; 2. the forging of links to create a genuine and equitable regional integration; 3. the mobilization of resources to promote the implementation of national, interstate, and regional policies; and 4. concerted action to secure international cooperation within the framework of a strategy for economic liberation ( 1). The first objective suggests a political mission that complemented
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