SADC Executive Secretary On Familiarization Tour In Lesotho The Executive Secretary of SADC, Her Excellency Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax paid a courtesy call on the Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Mohlabi Tsekoa, prior to meeting the Right Honourable Prime Minister Dr Motsoahae Thabane on Thursday 16 January , 2014. She was on a one-day familiarization tour following her election to the leadership position of the regional organisation in August, 2013. During the brief meeting, the Minister welcomed the Executive Secretary and congratulated her on her appointment to the position in August 2013. He further assured her of Lesotho’s unwavering support in the development agenda of the SADC. He indicated Lesotho’s readiness to assume the chairmanship of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in August 2014 – 2015. It is during Lesotho’s tenure of Chairmanship once more, that some of the Organ’s major administrative documents and programmes will be reviewed for another ten years. On the challenges faced by the organization, he referred to the political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and that in Madagascar whereby in the case of the DRC, positive developments have been noted, while in the latter case the final results of the 20 December 2013 Presidential elections will be released on Friday 17 January 2014 amid complaints by one of the competing candidates seemingly on the losing side, despite the elections having been declared peaceful, free, transparent and credible by the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM), and other international observers. In response, Dr Tax thanked Lesotho for the support and her readiness for taking up the Organ’s Chairmanship in next August. With regard to the DRC and Madagascar, she expressed hope that after recent interventions, things might change for the better. For Madagascar it is hoped and trusted that respect of rule of law will play a vital role in returning normalcy to the country.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:33:57 +0000
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