(c) In order to achieve the required results, more funding
should be provided to the budget of the Court.
(g)
Status of Contributions to the Court
That Member States should as much as
possible comply with Treaty provisions
in terms of being up to date with their
obligations in relation to contributions to
the COMESA Court of Justice.
Decisions
33. Council made the following decisions:
(a)
Mauritius, which has paid up her 2011
contributions, be commended;
(b)
Egypt, which has cleared her arrears
and paid up her 2011 contribution, be
commended and urged to clear her
interest on arrears;
INFRASTRUCTURE
Policy Harmonisation
Transport and Communications Strategy and Policy (TCS)
(c)
(d)
Decisions
34. Council made the following decisions:
(a) The Secretariat should, through the Tripartite Task Force,
harmonize the policies and strategies at Tripartite level;
Kenya, which has paid 50 percent of her
2011 contribution, be commended and
reminded to pay her remaining balance;
(b) Member States should appoint focal points in the relevant
ministries to coordinate implementation of COMESA
programmes and liaise with the Secretariat and submit the
names of the focal points to the Secretariat by December
2011;
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Libya, Rwanda,
Seychelles, Swaziland and Zambia who
have paid their contributions up to 2010,
be commended and urged to pay their
2011 assessed contributions;
(e)
Ethiopia, Malawi and Zimbabwe, who
paid their contributions up to 2009, be
urged to pay their balances and their
2011 assessed contributions;
(f)
Union of Comoros, Sudan, Uganda and
Madagascar have arrears of more than
two years and should be encouraged to
enter into repayment plans that will
ensure payment of arrears and interest
thereon in instalments while remaining
up to date with current assessment.
(c) Member States should establish or revive the multidisciplinary, national technical working groups;
(d) The Secretariat should work with Member States and assist
them to domesticate the policy and strategy into national
legislation; and
(e) The Secretariat should publish the Model Transport and
Communications Policy and Strategy to be used as
reference documents and circulate it to Member States by
December 2011.
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