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The Secretary-General

FROM: /^» DE: Lamin J. Sise j£ • Room No. — No de bureau Extension — Poste Date S-3802 3-1 292 1 5 January 2002

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Enclosed, please find copies of the following^ which, at my request, were sent by the Resident Coordinator in :

a. SADC final communique and b. speech by President Muluzi.

I have given copies to DPA in connection with the preparation of the draft statement.

Thank you.

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FINAL COMMUNIQU

President of \ is Republic of Malawi. 1 . The He ads of Slate and Government of SADC preset at the Summit were: Angola H.E. President Mr Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

Botsws H.E. President MrFestus G. Mogae

Demot ratlc Republic H.E. President Mr Joseph Kabila of Con ;jo

i; Lesotl'13 Rt Hon. Prime Minister Prof. »akalitha Mosisili

Malaw H.E. President Dr Bakili Muttzl

Mozar 'ibique H.E. President Mr Joaquim Ciissano

Namit la Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Mr Huge Geingob

South Africa H.E President Mr

Swazi an5 Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Dr Sibusiso Dlamini

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Tanzania H.E. President Mr Benjamin William Mkapa

Gambia H.E. President Mr Levy Patrick Mwanawasa Zimbabw u H.E. President Mr Robert e. Mugabe

2. The Hea :!s of State and Government of the following countries were represen ed by: Mauritius Honourable Mr Anil Kumarsighn Gayan Minister -of Foreign Affairs ard International Cooperation

Seychell ss His Excellency Mr Peter Slnon High Commisioner of the Republic of Seychelles to

3. Also in i ttendance were the President of the Republic of Uganda, His Exceller ;;y Mr , and Honourable Mr Andre Bumaya, the Min ster of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Rwanda. The Organic htion of Af-ican Unity was represented by Ambassador Said Djinnit Assistant Secretary General in charge of PolHical Affairs. The Summit was also attended by the Former President erf Botswana, Sir Ketumit; Masire, Facilitator of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue

4. In his iiddress to the opening session of the Summit, the SADC Chairpe"$on, H.E. Dr Bakili Muluzi, President of tie Republic of Malawi, welcomed the Heads of State and Govern nent to Malawi, and expressed a desire for sustainable peace, security and stability throughout the SADC region. He noted that no real social and econon ic progress can take place without long lasting peace and stability and that conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Burundi have adverse effects on all the economies in the region. President Muluzi stated that he was encour ;.ged by the strides that have been made In promoting good govern since, transparency and the rule of law in the region. He pledge;, SADC's determination to perfect and consolidate democratic values and structu res,

5. Presidt snf Muluzi called attention to the challenges of HIV/AIDS and appealsd to SADC countries to consolidate their efforts/and mobilise resoun :es to combat the pandemic. FROM : UNDP MUI RES. COORD la/vi «* iuu ^VyFYi:.. ______PHONE NO. : 265+7840BS Jan • — — - 15 2002 11:26m P4/7

6. Summit welcomed the newly elected President of tre Republic of , His Excellency Mr Levy P. Mwanawssa SC, and congratulated him on his victory. In his address tci the Summit, Preslden Mwanawasa pledged Zambia's comrnitmsnt to finding durable solutions to conflicts, through multilateral and other mechani:.ms such as the Tripartite Mechanism for Cooperation in Security between Angola, Namibia and Zambia. He further pledged that Zarr bia would use its position as Chair of the OAU to lobby the internatic nal community to support the DRC psace process, especMI,' to ensure that the Inter-Congolese Dialogue commences as soon !is possible.

7. In his vi its of thanks, the President of the Republic of Angola, His Dccellen iy Jose Ecluardo Dos Santos observed that I5ADC countries shall on;/ be able to overcome poverty, illness and illiteracy if the conflicts in the region are permanently resolved. He noted that the issue of terrorism is of major international concern, one from which the region has suffered, and against which SADC has taken a firm and unequivocal position, He applauded SADC for its jnited approach to the resolution of regional conflicts, and appealed for the strength sning of that unity.

8. The SA 3C Executive Secretary, Dr Prega Ramsamy noted that the Summit provides a unique opportunity to address the conflict situation in the :.;;ADC region, and underlined the need to nove forward in unison. He noted that peace and security are p-e-requisltes for sustain? d growth and development. He further emphasised the need for the JiADC region to halt its marginalisation in the gtobal process,

9. The Si mmit received a statement from Ambassador Said Djlnnit, Assists 'it Secretary General in charge of Political Affairs at the Organisation of African Unity. He commended SAOC for its timely initiativi: in convening the Summit, and underlined the need to strengtl ien continental and regional mechanisms to deal with conflicts more * •Actively. He emphasised the importance cf enhancing the cooper, ition between these mechanisms, based on the principles of comple nentarity and comparative advantage. ^ " 10. A pres .'tntation of the main findings of the World Health Organisation Comm ssion on Macro-Economics and Health was made to the PHONE Jan. 15 2002 ll:26RM P5/7

Summit t;/ its Chairperson, Prof Jeffrey Sachs, who underlined that health wa I a pre-requisite for economic development.

11. A messac s of goodwill to the Summit was received from the United Nations S ucretary General Mr Kofi Annan.

12. Summit n ceived a report from President Joseph Kabils on the peace process h the DRC, Summit welcomed the partial withdrawal of Ugandan forces, and urged the latter and Rwancan forces to complete ;heir withdrawal as a matter of urgency. Summit expressed concern t\ the slow progress in the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement, and urged all parties concerned :o comply fully with its pr wisions. Consequently, Summit tasked the SADC Organ on Politics, t efence and Security with the responsibility 1o formulate a strategy or speeding up implementation of the Agreement, in collaborat an with the Joint Monitoring Committee.

13. Summit expressed its gratitude to International Cooperating Partners which have consistently supported the Lusaka Peace Agreement on the DRC, and urged them to continue this support until peace and security ai v attained.

14. Summit v\slcomed President Kabila's active involvement in the Inter Congolese Dialogue, which is aimed at reconciling the. Congolese people an' •; ushering n a new political dispensation. 15. Summit received a report on the progress of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue 1 "om the Facilitator, Sir Ketumile Masire. Summit noted the preparatory talks held in Gaborone in August 2001, at which the parties committed themselves to a number of procedures and substantiv 2 actions, most of which have been implemen;ed. The Inter- Congolese Dialogue which commenced in Addis Abalsa In October 2001 was abandoned due to procedural and financial constraints. The Dialo< ue will resume in South Africa in mid-February 2002.

16. The Facili ator expressed concern at the inadequate funding for the Dialogue, and appealed for additional financial support to ensure the success c f the Inter Congolese Dialogue. In this regard, Summit mandated the SADC Chairperson, and the Troika of :he Organ on Politics, Dsfence and Security to work with the facilltatDr to mobilise the require d resources. FROM : UNDP MU RES. COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+784086 Jan. 15 2002 ll:27flM P6/7 * 15/01 OS' TUE (yS:UU tAJl

17 Summit received a report from President Jose Eduarco Dos Santos on the si uation in Angola, where relative peace now prevails as a result of the Government Peace Plan which is a combination of military, isconomic, political and social efforts. Summit noted that national erritory had been liberated, and national boundaries re- established. The government has established full administration throughoi 1 the national territory and this has signiflcar tly contributed to an impi ovement in the movement of people, goods ar d services. 13. Summit called for 1he continuation and intensification of sanctions against L NlTA-SAViMBl jh order to bring the rebel movement to dialogue i ind to compel it to comply with the provisions of the Lusaka Peace Protocol. Summit welcomed the Angolan Government's commitment to the 1994 Lusaka Peace Protocol, and urged UNITA- SAVIMBl to return to the negotiating table, in a spirit of national reconcHia ion.

19. /Summit velcomed the following actions to be undertaKen by Zimbabwe: full respect for human rights, including the ri-ght to freedom of opinior, association and peaceful assembly for ail individuals; the comm'rtmt nt to investigate fully and impartially all caj;es of alleged political vi Dlence in 2001 and action to do so; a Zimbabwean Electoral Supervise^ Commission which is adequately resourced and able to operate it dependency; the accreditation and registratisn of national independe nt monitors in good time for the elections; a timely invitation to, and accreditation of a wide range of international election observers commitment to freedom of expression as i guaranteed by the Cons ritution of Zimbabwe; .reaffirmation by Zimbabwe of its practice c f allowing national ancl international journalists to cover important national events, including elections, on the bg.sis of its laws and regulations; commitment by the government of Zimbabwe to the independ* nee of the judiciary and to the rule of law; and the transfer by the Government of Zimbabwe of occupiers of non designated farms to l« gaily acquired land.

20. Summit velcomed the assurances by President Mugabe that the forthcomirg Presidential Elections scheduled for 9-10 March 2002 will pe free ar d fair. Summit noted the steps that have been taken by the Government of Zimbabwe to ensure the efficient and effective management of the ejections. Summit noted with appreciation the FROM : UNDP MU RES.COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+7B408S Jan. 15 2002 ll:28flM P7/7 1&/U1 Ui AUii oru . "j. i ;uj.

commitment of the Government of Zimbabwe to laLnch a peace campaign that would include the opposition and other stakeholders.

21. The Summit expressed serious concern on the statement made by the Zimbabwe army on the outcome of the election, and urged the Government of Zimbabwe to ensure that in accordance artth the multi- party political dispensation prevalent in SADC, political statements are not made :iy the military, but by political leaders. 22. Summit n< ,-ted with concern the negative reporting by certain sections of the media on Zimbabwe, and appealed to them to be objective. Summit & pressed concern over the fact that some Western countries have authorised the broadcasting from their territories by their nationals <;f hostile and inciting propaganda against tho Government of the Ref ublic of Zimbabwe. Summit called upon those countries to desist fron such actions. /

23. Summit a< opted a report by the Chairperson of the Orgun on Politics, Defence aid Security, His Excellency President of the RepuMic of , The report covers a review of the political sil jation in the region, terrorism, the Richard Ryan report on Sanctions Against UNITA-SAVIMBI, a Programme of Activities for the Organ, Support to the Secretariat to service the Organ, and Funding of the Orgj n.

24. Summit ac spted a SADC Declaration Against Terrorism,

25. Summit expressed its gratitude to the Government and People of Malawi for :heir hospitality during the Extra Ordinary Summit.

Blantyre, Malay, i 14 January 200;

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SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. BAKILIMULUZI SADC CHAIRMAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXTRA-ORDINARY SADC SUMMIT LE MERIDIEN MOUNT SOCHE HOTEL BLANTYRE MONDAY, 14™ JANUARY 2002

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2 — Your Excellencies, SADC Heads of State and Government; — Our Special Guests, Their Excellencies President of Rwanda and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda; — Facilitator of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, His Excellency Sir Ketumile . Masire; — Honourable Ministers; — The Executive Secretary of SADC, Dr. Prega Ramsamy; — The Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity, Mr, Said Dj limit; — The Chairman of the Macro-economic Commission on Health, Professor Jeffrey Sachs; — Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps; — Ladies and Gentlemen,

When Your Excellencies were here last August I invited you to take some time Off and visit, uur btsutifu! 1-akc- anc! onjoy the eootfoirig and refreshing scenery it offers. I hope that this will be fulfilled this time. I am afraid that if you do not do so, my job as president will be at stake. The Minister of Tourism will go to the Ombudsman and complain that as publicity officer I am not promoting tourism whenever the opportunity avails me.

So please, Your Excellencies, I beg you as my dear brothers to help me save my job! I am therefore hopeful that after the meeting you will this time go to the lake even if you do not know how to swim like my dear friend, President Mogae. FROM : UNDP MU RES. COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+7840B6 Jan. 15 2002 01: 33PM P4/9

^ Your Excellencies, each time 3Heads of State and Government tneet it shows oneness, the spirit of love and good neighbourliness, which is one of the guiding principles of SADC. The Malawian people have therefore mandated me to extend to you all a very warm welcome to Malawi.

We are very grateful that you have come again to Malawi to participate in this very important Extra-Ordinary Meeting at such a short notice. And as we Malawians say, "Talculandirani ndi man/a awiri" (We have received you with both hands).

Since this dialogue will discuss mainly the conflict prevailing in some areas of the region, we believe that a visitor is the one who brings a sharper blade for shaving one's beard.

I want to welcome in a special way Their Excellencies President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda and President Yoweri Museveni of the Republic of Uganda for honouring my invitation to participate in this dialogue.

I am confident that their participation and contributions will give us new insights and pave way for a more meaningful and concerted effort to finding a peaceful and acceptable solution to the problems in the region, I graciously thank them for their fraternal spirit of solidarity.

I would like to salute Sir Ketumile Masire of the Republic of Botswana, the Facilitator of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, for his indispensable help in our tireless search for a peaceful solution to the DRC problem. I am more lluui delighted and grateful that ho hac been able to be here with IIR today. 4 Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, let me also take this opportunity to sincerely congratulate, on behalf of my fellow Heads of State and Government, the newly-elected President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. , for his victory.

Mr. President, I welcome you wholeheartedly to our SADC club of leaders as the successor to President Frederick Chiluba.

I am very happy to know that at your inaugural ceremony you pledged to continue pursuing the policy of peace, friendship and good neighbourliness. That is what I want to encourage and promote in the SADC region as our guiding principle to regional economic progress and integration.

I have no doubt that President Mwanawasa brings wisdom and innovation to our regional grouping, which Zambia was one of its founders. SADC is dynamic and now in transition. It is therefore in the right mode for new ideas.

Your Excellencies, I wish to pay a special tribute to our dear brother, the former President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr. Frederick Chiluba. In many of his attributes President Chiluba has always impressed me as a true son of Africa. He championed the introduction of multiparty democracy in Zambia; and steered the country for the past ten years in peace and stability.

Besides, he made very commendable contributions in the SADC Region in his efforts to resolve the conflict in Angola and the DRC through the Lusaka Peace Accord. FROM : UNDP MU RES.-COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+784086 Jan. 15 2002 01:34PM P5/g

; 5 Your Excellencies, as I pledged in my inaugural speech when you bestowed upon me the responsibility of Chairing SADC, it is my burning desire to see that peace, security and stability are established and sustained in our region.

In addition, in my Christmas and New Year Festive Seasons Message to all people in the SADC region, I appealed for peace and stability so that we do away with the unspeakable human suffering that is going on.

Certainly, we all earnestly desire that the conflict and wars in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo should immediately stop. No one Wants war. Everybody li

Your Excellencies are too aware that the problems in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi have adverse ripple effects on all our economies in the region.

I have no doubt that His Excellency President Mugabe will brief us about the situation in his country, since Zimbabwe is an important Member of k SADC. I believe that our duty as SADC will be to listen and offer advice where we feel it is necessary to do so.

As the date of the presidential elections in Zimbabwe has been announced, we are all very hopeful that the elections will be peaceful, free, fair and transparent. We hope that will be so by allowing every Zimbabwean * to participate effectively in the elections in the spirit of democratic principles and values, which is within the framework of the SADC protocol. FROM : UNDP MU RES,COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+784086 Jan. 15 2002 01:35PM P6/9

As z. matter of fact., what is important in any election is not just the elections day but the entire election process, from the preparations to the vote counting and the announcement of the results.

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, our region has many resources but they are unfortunately being wasted on conflict and wars. Hence these problems are making our countries poorer when we should not afford to waste any of our resources on war and conflict.

I strongly believe that we need to find solutions to stop these wars, which are raping our region of its much-needed resources. My desire is that instead of wasting the much-needed resources on conflict and wars, the resources ought to be used on delivering social services and reducing poverty. We owe this obligation and responsibility to our people and their children.

Probably it is by God's grace that we are meeting at the beginning of the New Year here in Malawi, a country that is a model of peace and stability. It is, therefore, my hope and prayer that we will seriously reflect on the importance and ways of ensuring that lasting peace and stability prevail in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and the Great Lakes Region.

As a matter of fact, we should be encouraged that there is some progress on our efforts to resolving the problems at hand. We have made some strides and gains in promoting good governance, transparency and the rule of law in the SADC region since the advent of democratic rule in the early 1990s. FROM : UNDP MU RES..COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+784086 Jan. 15 2002 01:35PM P7/9 h

7 The regular conduct of peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections, which has become a permanent feature in our region, is a clear manifest of this feet. Besides, we are determined to perfect and consolidate democratic values and structures where they are lacking, although no democracy, in the world is entirely perfect.

I wish to express my deep appreciation, to our development partners in the international community for their continued support in our endeavours to consolidate democracy and develop our countries in the SADC region.

However, the near disastrous situation that prevailed in Zambia before announcing the winner of the presidential elections obliges me to say this.

Much as we need the international community as our development partners, we expect the independence, sovereignty and integrity of each democratic state respected with mutual understanding.

I believe that each democratic sovereign state should be given a chance to develop within its own democratic values and principles, which include the rule of law, good governance and respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms.

Let me now report to Your Excellencies that in my quest for peace and stability in the region, I have travelled to the Republic of Angola to consult with His Excellency President Eduardo Dos Santos on the developments in that country. FROM : UNDP MU RES-COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+78408S Jan. 15 2002 01:36PM PB/9

1 8 His Excellency President Joseph Kabila and myself have exchanged visits to discuss the way forward in our mission to bringing peace to that country, which is blessed with bountiful material and human resources.

On my return from the DRC, I travelled to the Republic of Mozambique, where I also held talks with His Excellency President Alberto Joaquim Chissano, who is the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security. We reviewed the progress made so far in our effort to see positive change in the countries of the region that are in conflict.

Let me take this opportunity, Your Excellencies, to commend His Excellency President Chissano for the initiatives he has undertaken so far as Chairperson of the Organ.

President Chissano and I are working closely together to ensure that the objectives of our regional organization are achieved in the most effective manner.

I also want to commend our elder statesmen namely; the former Presidents Nelson Mandela and Sir Ketumile Masire for their untiring efforts in facilitating peace processes in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of t. the Congo.

In this vein, I wish to appeal for logistical, material and financial assistance to Sir Ketumile Masire*s office in order to ensure that his office has the adequate capacity to facilitate his initiatives effectively. FROM '- UNDP MR) RES..COORD. PHONE NO. : 265+784086 Jan. 15 2002 01:36PM P9/g

9 Your Excellencies know that Malawi is a poor country but it is our strong conviction that building peace is never too expensive. It is in this spirit that T made a modest pledge of assistance to Sir Masire's office when he visited me last month.

I need hot over-emphasize that the problems in the DRG and those in Rwanda and Burundi have become closely related. T believe that we will not be honest with ourselves if we think that the problems of the Great Lakes Region can be resolved in isolation on a country-by-country basis. We need to have the total picture and look at them together.

Your Excellencies, our region is faced yet with another serious challenge, the HIV/AIDS scourge. As SADC leaders we need to have the political will and the spirit to work together to address this very serious disease, which is claiming many lives.

Understandably, we cannot rapidly develop the region if the HIV/AIDS scourge continues to erode our trained and skilled manpower. Let us therefore consolidate our efforts and mobilize our resources to combat the deadly disease with a unified strategy.

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I therefore appeal to all of us gathered here to discuss the issues affecting us frankly and find permanent solutions in an amicable manner.

Once again, I would like to thank Your Excellencies for coming to the meeting and I am sure that this meeting will be very successful.

Thank you for your attention. May God bless you all and Long Live SADC!

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