3.4.9 Uganda was successfully peer-reviewed on 29th June 2008. The final Country Review Report was delivered to Uganda in February 2009, and the National Governing Council (NGC) was constituted in March 2009. The late release of the Country Review Report affected the capacity of NGC to monitor the implementation of the national Programme of Action. The delays in constituting and operationalising the NGC affected its ability to produce the first half yearly report on the implementation of the Programme of Action for submission to the Africa Peer Review Panel of Eminent Persons on schedule. It also subsequently affected the start of the annual review of implementation of the First Year Programme of Action priority actions. 3.4.10 The NGC has not been able to inform ministries, departments and agencies and other implementing agencies on the Programme of Action priority actions they are responsible for. The procurement of consultants for the annual progress review was delayed, which further affected the ability of the NGC to undertake nation-wide as well as regional consultations for validation of findings of the annual progress review. 3.4.11 There have been constraints associated with the inability of the NGC to have effective engagement with the Executive on the implementation of the Programme of Action (POA). 3.4.12 There are no mechanisms for non-state institutions that had lead roles in implementation of priority actions for accessing funding for implementation of POA actions. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS AND WAY FORWARD 4.0 Principles, Codes and Standards 4.0.1 There are different processes of ratification of treaties which are embodied in the Ratification of Treaties Act. Once the compilation of treaties by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is completed, a process of ratification needs to be expedited, especially those that require only cabinet decisions. For those that require parliamentary approval, a plan for their approval process needs to be developed. Actions should also be initiated for those that require the MoFA to deposit the ratification instruments in order to domesticate them.