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East African Community Protocol on Co-operation in Defence Affairs
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- [This is the version of this document at 28 April 2012.]
Article 1 – Interpretation
In this Protocol, except where the context otherwise requires:"Armed Forces" means all forces, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Defence Chiefs of the Partner States."Community" means the East African Community established under Article 2 of the Treaty."Council" means the Council of Ministers of the Community provided for under Article 9 of the Treaty."Consultative Committee" means Consultative Committee on Cooperation in Defence Affairs established under Article 10 of this Protocol."Defence Experts Working Group" means Defence Experts Working Group established under Article 10 of this Protocol."defence affairs" means, all activities which may be performed pursuant to this Protocol."disaster management" means decisions and operational activities to prevent, minimize, mitigate, or recover from the impact of natural or manmade hazards."joint exercises" means exercises, activities, and rehearsals, conducted jointly by the Armed Forces of the Partner States."joint operations" means operations involving the combination of any of the Armed Forces of the Partner States."military training" means any training involving the Armed Forces of the Partner States."Partner States" means the Republic of Burundi, the Republic of Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Rwanda, the Republic of Uganda, and any other country granted membership to the Community;"Peace Support Operations" means Peace keeping and Peace enforcement operations;"Protocol" means this Protocol on Co-operation in Defence Affairs and any Annexes hereto;"search and rescue" means any operation undertaken to search for and rescue personnel in distress on land or at sea;"Secretary General" means the Secretary General of the Community provided for under Article 67 of the Treaty;"Sectoral Committee" means Sectoral Committee on Cooperation in Defence Affairs established under Article 10 of the Protocol."terrorism" means—(a)any act which is a violation of the criminal laws of a Partner State, and which may endanger the life, physical integrity or freedom of, or cause serious injury or death to, any person, any member or group of persons or causes or may cause damage to public or private property, natural resources, environmental or cultural heritage and is calculated or intended to:(i)intimidate, put in fear, force, coerce or induce any government, body, institution, the general public or any segment of any of these, to do or abstain from doing any act, or to adopt or abandon a particular standpoint, or to act according to certain principles; or(ii)disrupt any public service, the delivery of any essential service to the public or to create a public emergency or create general insurrection in a Partner State;(b)any promotion, sponsoring, contribution to, command, aid, incitement, encouragement, attempt, threat, conspiracy, organizing, or procurement of any person, with the intent to commit any act referred to in sub paragraphs (a), (i) and (ii);"Treaty" means the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community.Article 2 – Scope of co-operation
Article 3 – Objectives
The objectives of this Protocol are to:Article 4 – Fundamental principles
The fundamental principles that shall govern the Partner States in the achievement of the objectives under this Protocol shall include:Article 5 – Operational principles
Article 6 – Military training
The Partner States agree to cooperate in military training. For this purpose, the Armed Forces of the Partner States shall:Article 7 – Joint operations
The Partner States agree to undertake joint operations. For this purpose, the Armed Forces of the Partner States shall cooperate in:Article 8 – Technical co-operation
The Partner States agree to undertake joint technical cooperation. For this purpose, the Armed Forces of the Partner States shall cooperate in:Article 9 – Visits and exchange of information
Article 10 – Institutional coordination mechanism
The institutional coordination organs of the EAC Partner States’ Armed Forces are hereby established as follows:Article 11 – Composition and functions of the Sectoral Council
Article 12 – Composition and functions of the Consultative Committee
Article 13 – Composition and functions of the Sectoral Committee
Article 14 – Defence Experts Working Groups
Article 15 – Coordination offices
Article 16 – Access and movement of the armed forces
Article 17 – Mutual Defence Pact
The Partner States undertake to negotiate and conclude a Mutual Defence Pact within one year upon entry into force of this Protocol.Article 18 – Implementation
Article 19 – Financial arrangements
Article 20 – Confidentiality of information
Article 21 – Dispute settlement
Article 22 – Amendment
This Protocol may be amended by the Partner States in accordance with the provisions of Article 150 of the Treaty.Article 23 – Annexes
Article 24 – Relationship between this Protocol and other Protocols under the Treaty
Article 25 – Relationship between this Protocol and other regional and international arrangements
The provisions of this Protocol shall not affect the rights and obligations of any Partner State deriving from any existing regional and international arrangement except where the exercise of those rights and obligations woi the realization of the objectives of this Protocol.Article 26 – Entry into force
Article 27 – Depository and registration
Article 28 – Saving provision
Institutions and programmes of cooperation in Defence affairs existing prior to this Protocol shall be accommodated under the institutions framework of the Protocol.History of this document
28 April 2012 this version
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