The Services Liberalisation Programme (LDC) package, taking into account that extension of Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) preferences by the US Government to other LDCs will have an adverse impact on African AGOA eligible countries; Decisions 86. Council made the following decisions: (b) The Secretariat should prepare a technical paper on key issues with proposals for positions, and circulate to Member States for consideration before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference; (a) The draft schedules of specific commitments in the four priority sectors considered by the Third Meeting of the Committee on Trade in Services, as improved, should be used in the negotiations for the services liberalisation programme; (c) The positions should be advanced also within the frameworks of the Africa Group, the ACP Group, the LDC Group, and the G90 Group; and (b) Member States are at liberty to undertake commitments in any other priority sectors they indicated and are urged to work closely with the Secretariat in finalising their improved draft schedules in these other sectors; (d) COMESA should effectively prepare for the Eighth Ministerial Conference, including through national and regional processes as well as within the framework of the coalitions. (c) The Committee on Trade in Services should make good progress in taking forward the services liberalisation programme; Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) (d) The World Bank be commended on the partnership on the Knowledge Platform as a data base that will provide useful information for taking forward the services liberalisation programme, and on facilitating stakeholder workshops on professional services; Decisions 88. Council made the following decisions: (a) The Government of Zambia be commended for successfully hosting the Tenth AGOA Forum and other Member States for their active participation, including in terms of preparing a common position to advance while engaging the US Government; (e) The Secretariat will provide technical assistance to Member States that need such assistance; and (f) Member States that haven’t submitted their revised and final drafts of schedules of specific commitments should do so by 30 October 2011. (b) AGOA should be extended beyond 2015 and the third country fabric provision be extended beyond 2012, and in this regard, the extensions should take into account the need for predictability to assist better planning and to promote investment, which require a reasonably long period; and Multilateral Trade Negotiations Decision 87. Council made the following decisions: (c) The US State Department be commended for indicating willingness to extend the duration of AGOA and the third country fabric provision. The meeting requested the Secretariat to continue engaging the various stakeholders for (a) COMESA should take a position as early as possible on certain key issues, especially the Least Developed Country 25