| SADC IN PICTURES |
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The host, President Frederick Chiluba officially opening the
1999 SADC Consultative Conference |

SADC Deputy Executive Secretary, Dr Prega Ramsamy (right)
presenting a gift to the outgoing South African High Commissioner to Botswana, William
Mokou (left). He left Botswana end of April and was the Chairman of the SADC Committee of
Ambassadors. Assisting with presentation is Neo Gwafila of the SADC Secretariat. |

The German Deputy Minister of Economic Cooperation and
Development, Uschi Eid giving a statement on behalf of the international cooperating
partners during the opening of the conference |

Heads of delegations from Member States take a break to pose
for a group photo with the SADC Executive Secretary, Dr Kaire Mbuende. |

Head of the SADC Gender Unit at the Secretariat, Dr Athaliah
Molokome (second from left) contributing to a discussion during one of the sectoral
working groups sessions. |

SADC soldiers at a pre-exercise briefing at the Exercise
Blue Hungwe at Nyanga, Zimbabwe in 1997. A follow-up exercise dubbed Exercise
Blue Crane will be held in Lohatlha, North Western Province, South Africa in April
1999. |
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