"Tribunal" means the Tribunal established by Article 9 of the Treaty.
ARTICLE 1.2
ABBREVIATIONS
The following list of abbreviations shall be applicable in this Protocol AFCAC : African Civil Aviation Commission
ASK : Available Seat Kilometres
CIF : Cost, Insurance and Freight
ICAO : International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICAO SARPs : International Civil Aviation Organisation Standards and Recommended
Practices as contained in the Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation,
1944
IMO : International Maritime Organisation
ISO : International Standards Organisation
ITU : International Telecommunication Union
LUT : Local Users Terminal
NMCs : National Meteorology Centres
RMSN : Regional Meteorology Support Network
RPK : Revenue Passenger Kilometres
RSIS : Regional Rolling Stock Information and Management System
RTRN : Regional Trunk Road Network
SADC : Southern African Development Community
SAR : Search and Rescue
SARSAT/COSPAS : Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking/ Kosmicheskya Sistyema
Polska Avariynych Sudov
SAR 1979 : International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, l979
SATCC : Southern Africa Transport and Communications Commission
SATCC-TU : Southern Africa Transport and Communications Commission Technical Unit
STCW 1978 : International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping of Seafarers l978
UN : United Nations
UPU : Universal Postal Union
WMO : World Meteorology Organisation
WMO Convention : Convention on the World Meteorological Organisation
Chapter 2
SCOPE, INTRA- AND EXTRA-COMMUNITY RELATIONS
GENERAL OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGIC GOALS
ARTICLE 2.1
SCOPE
The scope of this Protocol comprises the entirety of the transport, communications and
meteorology sectors in each Member State and the Region, including, but not limited to :
a) all policy, legal, regulatory, institutional, operational, logistical, technical, commercial,
administrative, financial, human resource and other issues;
b) international, continental, regional and national dimensions; and
c) the public and private sectors in each Member State, as well as collectively in the
Region, to the degree that their activities overlap with the subject-matter of this Protocol.