CHARTER ESTABLISHING SADC WOMEN IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION
PREAMBLE
WE, the representatives of the Governments of:
The Republic of Angola
The Republic of Botswana
The Democratic Republic of Congo
The Kingdom of Eswatini
The Kingdom of Lesotho
The Repubiic of Madagascar
The Republic of Malawi
The Republic of Mauritius
The Republic of Mozambique
The Republic of Namibia
The Republic of Seychelles
The Republic of South Africa
The United Republic of Tanzania
The Republic of Zambia
The Republic of Zimbabwe
ACKNOWLEDGING the January 2007 Summit Decision of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government emphasising the role of science and technology in Africa's development and calling for the building of constituencies for Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) in AU Member States (Addis Ababa decision, Assembly/AU/Dec.161, VIII);