DRAFT DECLARATION OF CAIRO

African Union

SECOND ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TRANSCONTINENTAL AND INTERREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND TOURISM 14–18 APRIL 2019 Cairo, EGYPT

STC-TTIIET/MIN/Draft/Decl.(II)Rev.4 Original : English

THEME: DEVELOPING SMART INFRASTRUCTURE TO BOOST AFRICA’S CONTINENTAL TRANSFORMATION AND INTEGRATION

DRAFT DECLARATION OF CAIRO

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```markdown DRAFT DECLARATION OF THE SECOND SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TRANSCONTINENTAL AND INTERREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND TOURISM 14-18 April 2019 Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt

WE, the Ministers in charge of Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism, meeting in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, on 16 and 17 April 2019, in the Second Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism, organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt to consider strategies for developing smart infrastructure to boost Africa's continental transformation and integration.

CONSIDERING:

1. The Treaty establishing the African Economic Community adopted in Abuja, Nigeria, in June 1991;
2. The Constitutive Act of the African Union adopted in Lomé on 11 July 2000, especially its Articles 14 to 16, which stipulate that the African Union Commission should in particular coordinate policies in the fields of Energy, Transport, Communication and Tourism sectors;
3. The Declaration: Assembly/AU/Decl.2 (XVIII) adopted by the Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2012 which adopted the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) as the single policy and strategic framework for the development of infrastructure in Africa;
4. The Decision: Assembly/AU/Dec.227 (XII) reconfiguring the existing STCs and created one on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism;
5. The Decision: EX.CL/Dec.970(XXXI) on the First Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET);
6. The reports submitted to the second ordinary session of the STC-TTIIET.

We, the Ministers, reiterating our commitment to develop Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism sectors and our strong will to implement the outcomes of this meeting as we have agreed:

In the Transport Sector

1. Urge all remaining Member States to join the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), ratify the African Road Safety Charter; the Revised Maritime Transport Charter and the AFCAC Constitution;
2. Request AUC to take the appropriate measures to accelerate the development of the Africa Integrated High Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN) flagship project, revitalisation of the Union of African Railways (UAR) and speed up operationalisation of the SAATM.
3. Call upon the African Development Bank (AfDB) to continue providing support and mobilize more financial resources for priority intercontinental transport sector

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programmes such as SAATM and implementation of African Plan of Action for Road Safety.

In the Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure