AND WHEREAS on the 30th day of November, 1993, provision was made
by the Agreement for the Establishment of a Permanent Tripartite Commission
for Co-operation Between the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Kenya and
the United Republic of Tanzania for the establishment of the Permanent
Tripartite Commission for Co-operation hereinafter referred to as "the Tripartite
Commission" to be responsible for the co-ordination of economic, social, cultural,
security and political issues among the said countries and a Declaration was
also made by the Heads of State of the said countries for closer East African Cooperation;
AND WHEREAS on the 26th day of November, 1994, provision was made
by the Protocol on the Establishment of a Secretariat of the Permanent
Tripartite Commission for Co-operation Between the Republic of Uganda, the
Republic of Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania, for the establishment of
the Secretariat of the Permanent Tripartite Commission for Co-operation
Between the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Kenya and the United
Republic of Tanzania to act as the Secretariat of the Tripartite Commission,
hereinafter referred to as “the Secretariat of the Tripartite Commission”;
AND WHEREAS on the 29th day of April 1997 at Arusha in Tanzania, the
Heads of State of the said countries after reviewing the progress made by the
Tripartite Commission, in the development of closer co-operation between the
said countries in the fiscal, monetary, immigration, infrastructure and service
fields and after approving the East African Co-operation Development Strategy
for the period 1997 - 2000, directed the Tripartite Commission to embark on
negotiations for the upgrading of the Agreement establishing the Tripartite
Commission into a Treaty;
AND WHEREAS the said countries, with a view to strengthening their cooperation are resolved to adhere themselves to the fundamental and operational
principles that shall govern the achievement of the objectives set out herein and
to the principles of international law governing relationships between sovereign
states;
AND WHEREAS the said countries, with a view to realising a fast and
balanced regional development are resolved to creating an enabling environment
in all the Partner States in order to attract investments and allow the private
sector and civil society to play a leading role in the socio-economic development
activities through the development of sound macro-economic and sectoral policies
and their efficient management while taking cognisance of the developments in
the world economy as contained in the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the
World Trade Organisation, 1995 referred to “as the WTO Agreement” and as
may be decided by the Partner States, the development of technological capacity
for improved productivity;
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