Protocols

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• Protocol on Health (1999)

  Entry Into Force: 2004-08-18

  Date Signed: 1999-08-18

  Type: Protocols

  Issues: HIV & AIDS

  Themes: Disaster Risk Management, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Communicable Diseases, Non-communicable Diseases, Social & Human Development

  
  

  A healthy population is a pre–requisite for the sustainable human development and increased productivity in a country. SADC recognises that close co-operation in the area of health is essential for the effective control of communicable and non-communicable diseases for addressing common concerns within the region.

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• Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement (1999)

  Entry Into Force: 2003-11-30

  Date Signed: 1999-08-14

  Type: Protocols

  Themes: Agriculture & Food Security, Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Wildlife

  
  

  Wildlife resources in Southern Africa have the potential to affect the region’s economic development and environmental protection – two primary concerns of SADC. Therefore, SADC passed its Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement on 18th August 1999 to establish a common framework for conservation and sustainable use of wildlife in the region.

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• Protocol on Education & Training (1997)

  Entry Into Force: 2000-07-31

  Date Signed: 1997-09-08

  Type: Protocols

  Themes: Social & Human Development, Education & Skills Development

  
  

  Member States acknowledge that whilst each Member State has its own policies for education and training and whilst cooperation and mutual assistance in education is desirable, this can be facilitated more effectively by the development of harmonised and eventually standardised policies regarding education and training.

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