Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Southern Africa

Report of the 16th Meeting, Lilongwe, Malawi, 24 – 25 March 2010
The sub regional office for Southern Africa, which is based in Lusaka, Zambia, derives its programmatic direction and guidance from its Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) constituted by Commission Resolution 826 (XXXII) of May 1977 and General Assembly Resolution 40/243 to provide a forum for engaging with member States on policy and programme related matters.
Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Southern Africa

The sub regional office for Southern Africa, which is based in Lusaka, Zambia, derives its programmatic direction and guidance from its Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) constituted by Commission Resolution 826 (XXXII) of May 1977 and General Assembly Resolution 40/243 to provide a forum for engaging with member States on policy and programme related matters. The ICE-Southern Africa meets annually to oversee the overall formulation and implementation of the programme of work and priorities of Southern African member States and make recommendations on important development issues confronting the sub region.

The sixteenth ICE meeting held from 24th – 25th March 2010 in Lilongwe, Malawi was organized under the theme: “Responses to the Impacts of the Global Financial and Economic Crises in Southern Africa” with the objective of taking stock of the sub region’s responses to the receding global financial and economic crises, share experiences and strategies and then devise measures to inoculate Southern Africa from similar future external shocks.