Composition of the Co-ordination Committee
The Co-ordination Committee shall consist of the Permanent Secretaries responsible for regional co-operation in each Partner State and such other Permanent Secretaries of the Partner States as each Partner State may determine.

Meetings of the Co-ordination Committee

1. Subject to any directions that may be given by the Council, the Co-ordination Committee shall meet at least twice in each year preceding the meetings of the Council and may hold extraordinary meetings at the request of the Chairperson of the Co-ordination Committee.
2. The Co-ordination Committee shall determine its own procedure including that for convening its meetings, for the conduct of business thereat and at other times, and for the rotation of the office of Chairperson among its members who are Permanent Secretaries responsible for regional co-operation in the Partner States.

Functions of the Co-ordination Committee
The Co-ordination Committee...

• shall submit from time to time, reports and recommendations to the Council either on its own initiative or upon the request of the Council, on the implementation of the Treaty;
• shall implement the decisions of the Council as the Council may direct;
• shall receive and consider reports of the Sectoral Committees and co-ordinate their activities;
• may request a Sectoral Committee to investigate any particular matter; and
• shall have such other functions as are conferred upon it by the Treaty.