Zambezi Watercourse Commission
| Year dem found am | 2004  |
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| Demma headquarters location | Gaborone |
De Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) be a water management organization wey establish by member states of de Southern African Development Community (SADC) whose territory dey contain de Zambezi river basin.[1]
Zambezi River
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De Zambezi dey originate insyd northwestern Zambia, den dey run west den then southwest thru Angola before reentering Zambia. E dey flow south den dey form part of de border between Zambia den Namibia. After picking up de waters of de Chobe River at de quadripoint wey Zambia, Namibia, Botswana den Zimbabwe meet, de river dey flow east along de border between Zambia den Zimbabwe, powering de shared Kariba Dam hydroelectric station, before entering Mozambique den flowing to de Indian Ocean.[2] De Zambezi basin sanso dey include parts of Malawi den Tanzania. De Zambezi be de fourth largest river insyd Africa after de Nile, Congo den Niger.[3]
Organisation
[edit | edit source]De eight Zambezi Basin riparian states dat participate insyd ZAMCOM be Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia den Zimbabwe. ZAMCOM operations dey insyd line plus de revised SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses.[1] De SADC Protocol be adopted insyd 1995 den by SADC member states, wey dey include all Zambezi riparian states, wey cam into force insyd 1998.[4] Seven of de riparian states sign de ZAMCOM Agreement on 13 July 2004 at Kasane insyd Botswana.[1] Zambia commit to signing after further national consultation before de August 2004 SADC Summit,[5] buh na e no sign de agreement. De agreement cam into force insyd June 2011 widout Zambia having signed den widout key institutions such as de Council of Ministers den a Permanent Secretariat dem set up.[6]
De Interim ZAMCOM Secretariat (IZS) base insyd Gaborone, Botswana, na dem establish insyd May 2011. De IZS, wey dey head by an Executive Secretary, be financially supported by de Norwegian Government, wey e get de objective of making de ZAMCOM Agreement operational den establishing ein Permanent Secretariat. E be given strategic guidance den oversight by de Ministers responsible for Water insyd de member countries.[1] Insyd May 2013 at a meeting of SADC Water Ministers insyd Luanda, Angola, de ZAMCOM Council of Ministers dem establish wey na Zimbabwe be designed to host de Commission ein headquarters, de permanent Secretariat. De Ministerial Council elect Angola to serve as a chair for one year. Zambia announce at de meeting dat e be "ready to join de commission".[7]
Objectives den activities
[edit | edit source]Na de purpose of ZAMCOM be "to promote de equitable den reasonable utilization of de water resources of de Zambezi Watercourse as well as de efficient management den sustainable development thereof".[1] Poverty reduction be de first priority of SADC, den ZAMCOM get a primary goal of poverty reduction thru de shared water resource.[5] ZAMCOM for address de concerns of downstream users over extraction of water upstream.
Thus Mozambique be concerned dat ein prawn industry insyd de Zambezi delta no be affect by reduced flows, den dat de Cahora Bassa hydroelectric plant dey receive sufficient water.[8] Planned upstream water abstractions include de Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project insyd Zimbabwe dat fit bring water from de Zambezi to Bulawayo den ein surrounding areas, as well as a proposed extension of de existing North-South Carrier insyd Botswana wey go connect de carrier to de Zambezi River. Zambia den Namibia both get plans to expand irrigation insyd de upper river basin. South Africa, although no be a riparian to de Zambezi river, sanso get plans to draw substantial amounts of water from de Zambezi River once de Lesotho Highlands Water Project be "fully developed".[9]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 Zambezi Watercourse Commission - SADC.
- ↑ Basin Map and Description.
- ↑ Moran 2011, p. 244.
- ↑ "SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses (original 1995)". SADC Water Sector ICP Collaboration Portal. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- 1 2 SADC TODAY 2004.
- ↑ Stuurman, Siphosethu (7 June 2012). "Zambezi Commission Comes of Age". IPS Africa Terra Viva. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ↑ "ZAMCOM Press release". 31 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ↑ Valy 2004.
- ↑ Mutembwa, Ammon (1998). "Water and the Potential for Resource Conflicts in Southern Africa". University of Cambridge, Global Security Fellows Initiative, Occasional Paper No. 3. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
Sources
- "Basin Map and Description". Zambezi River Authority. Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- Moran, Daniel (2011-04-15). Climate Change and National Security: A Country-Level Analysis. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-58901-741-2. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- SADC TODAY (August 2004). "Zambezi Watercourse Commission: The origins and purpose". SADC Today. 7 (2). Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- "Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)". SADC. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
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