SADC is an inter-governmental organization with a goal to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 Southern African states.
They are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar (currently suspended after the coup) and is headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.
The formation of SADC was the culmination of a long process of consultations by the leaders of Southern Africa with the broader objective of pursuing economic and social development in the region.
The organization has eight principal bodies - The Summit, comprising heads of states or heads of government, Organ on Politics, Defense and Security, Council of Ministers, Tribunal, SADC National Committees (SNCs), Secretariat.
Except for the Tribunal, SNCs and Secretariat, decision making is by consensus. SADC summit is the supreme policy making institutions.
As a follow up to the MOU signed in 1997, the First India SADC Forum meeting was held in Windhoek in 2006.
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