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The SAC is one of the standing committees of the Operations (Ops) Sub-Sub-Committee (SSC) under the Defence Sub-Committee (DSC), who in turn reports to the Inter-State Defence and Security Committee (ISDSC) under the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (OPDSC). Article 7 of the Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (PPDSC) determines that the ISDSC may establish such structures as it deems necessary to perform its functions. As a sub-sub-committee of the ISDSC, the mandate of the SAC is derived from that of the ISDSC. The SAC is, therefore, mandated to recommend actions that are to be reported to the DSC and then to the ISDSC.
