Vid sitt extra toppmöte i Johannesburg den 10 november meddelade SADC även sin beredvillighet att eventuellt skicka fredsbevarande trupper till östra Demokratiska republiken Kongo. ###>At its extraordinary summit in Johannesburg, on 10 November, the SADC also stated its readiness, if need be, to send a peace-keeping force to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.