Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern
Africa
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. It has sought to make the
Southern African Development Community
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.
Its goal is to further regional socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security coopera ...
(SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region
self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and
good governance
Good governance is the process of measuring how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for th ...
. The SADC headquarters are located in
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Gaboron ...
, the capital of Botswana. It has welcomed post-apartheid
South Africa
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as a partner in these efforts. Botswana joins the
African consensus on most major international matters and is a member of international organizations, such as the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
and the
African Union
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. Botswana is also a member of the
International Criminal Court
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with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the
US-military (as covered under
Article 98).
Botswana has a small number of
diplomatic missions
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abroad.
Bilateral relations
Botswana and the
Commonwealth of Nations
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Botswana has been a
republic in the Commonwealth of Nations
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since independence in 1966.
See also
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List of diplomatic missions in Botswana
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Botswana excluding honorary consulates. The capital Gaborone currently hosts 21 embassies and 1 delegation (European Union). The city is also host to several international organizations. Most of the non-res ...
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List of diplomatic missions of Botswana
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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Notes
References
External links
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Gaborone
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Botswana and the Commonwealth of Nations