UID:
kobvindex_DGP1643833871
Format:
1 Tab., Lit.Hinw.
ISSN:
1022-0461
Content:
The SADC Organ for Politics, Defence and Security (PDS) is (or was) the youngest regional organisation in southern Africa. It was founded in 1996 and was supposed to institutionalise the thinking on "new security" in its organisational structures. There were great expectations regarding its usefulness at the time. In line with new security thinking, it was made part of SADC, whose vision at the time was one of multisectoral functional cooperation. It was thought that a combination of these would integrate military and human security in a meaningful way. However, by the second half of 1997 - barely 15 months later - the Organ for PDS was suspended because of structural problems. (...) This paper will (...) evaluate the organisational structures in terms of the original thinking behind the setting up of the Organ, the Organ's relevance in the recent handling of conflicts in SADC, and finally, an assessment of the Organ's actual performance in fulfilling its stated objectives. (SAJIA/DÜI)
In:
South African journal of international affairs, Braamfontein : SAIIA, 1993, 7(2000), 1, Seite 85-95, 1022-0461
Language:
English
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