DECISION ON THE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PATTEC
PROJECT (TSE TSE FLY AND TRYPANOSOMIASIS ERADICATION CAMPAIGN)
DOC. EX/CL/33(111)
The Executive Council:
TAKES NOTE of the Report;
ACKNOWLEDGES with satisfaction, the efforts of the Commission towards implementing PATTEC Project;
APPRECIATES the assistance provided to the Commission and affected Member States by the International Atomic Energy Agency and other development partners in support of Africa’s efforts to combat trypanosomosis;
WELCOMES the inclusion of the PATTEC Coordination Office in the structure of the Commission of the African Union;
URGES all Member States and the International Community to include the obligation to eliminate trypanasomosis among the programme objectives and development priorities, to cooperate with the PATTEC Coordination Office and to provide the support required in the implementation of the objectives of PATTEC;
STRESSES the need for a collective and comprehensive continent-wide approach to eradicate the problem of tse-tse flies;
REQUESTS the Commission to intensify efforts in mobilizing commitment and cooperation among all the affected countries to mount effective, tangible and expeditious action in executing tse-tse eradication programmes, and to submit a report to the next Summit of the African Union on progress made.