EX.CL/Dec.1032(XXXIV) Page 6 33. TAKES NOTE of the need to strengthen the human resources capacity of the Department of Political Affairs and REQUESTS the Commission to address the issue within the framework of the ongoing reform process; 34. REQUESTS the Commission to speed up the implementation of decision EX.CL/Dec. 993(XXXII) of January 2018 in relation to the operationalization process of the High Council of Local Authorities (HCLA) and REPORTS to the 35th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in July 2019; 35. TAKES NOTE of the Declaration adopted by the STC and RECOMMENDS its consideration and adoption by the Assembly; VI. THE 7TH MEETING OF AFRICAN MINISTERS OF TRADE (AMOT), 12-13 DECEMBER 2018, CAIRO, EGYPT - Doc. EX.CL/1110(XXXIV) 36. ADOPTS the Guidelines for Development of Schedules of Specific Commitments and Regulatory Cooperation Framework for Trade in Services; 37. ALSO ADOPTS the revised Road Map for finalization of AfCFTA Negotiations to be concluded before June 2020; 38. REQUESTS the Commission to submit the following legal instruments, through the STC on Justice and Legal Affairs, to the 36th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council before February 2020: i) ii) 39. Schedules of Tariff Concessions; and Schedules of Specific Commitments on Trade in Services for the five priority sectors and the Regulatory Framework; ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to facilitate the conclusion of the negotiations by June 2020 and subsequently the submission of the following draft protocols to the STC on Justice and Legal Affairs on: i) Investment, Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights; and; ii) Trade in Services on the other seven (7) sectors beyond the five (5) priority services sectors; 40. RECOMMENDS to the Assembly to adopt the Final Declaration on WTO Issues of the 7th Meeting of the African Ministers of Trade, in Cairo, Egypt, from 12 to 13 December 2018; VII. THE 2ND ORDINARY SESSION OF THE STC ON TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MINERALS, 08-12 JANUARY 2019, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Doc. EX.CL/1111(XXXIV) 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, 7- 8 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia