Assembly/AU/3(XIV) Annex III Page 29 vii. report at least once a month to the PSC on its activities and on the implementation of the communiqué, including on ways to strengthen the effectiveness of the sanctions measures imposed by the PSC; viii. identify cases of non-compliance with the sanctions measures pursuant to a PSC communiqué and to recommend the appropriate course of action on each case, for the attention of the PSC; ix. report on any other matter in relation to Article 7 (g) of the PSC Protocol, as directed by the PSC. h) Collaboration with Specialized Institutions and other entities of the AU 17. The Committee shall seek expertise as it may require for the performance of its functions from specialized institutions and entities of the AU. i) Secretariat of the Committee on Sanctions 18. The Secretariat of the Committee shall be the Secretariat of the PSC, assisted by the Committee on Intelligence and Security Services of Africa, within its area of competence and expertise. j) Manual on Sanctions Measures 19. In order to facilitate speedy response to unconstitutional changes of Government with measures intended to minimize adverse impact on civilian populations, a manual on sanctions providing for the categories of measures that could be applied in such cases, as well as guidelines for the granting of exemptions from the sanctions measures, shall be elaborated, taking into account the existing relevant AU instruments, such as the Lomé Declaration, the Constitutive Act and the Peace and Security Council Protocol. The manual shall provide, inter-alia, for a gradual process in the application of the different categories of sanctions set out in the existing legal instruments relating to unconstitutional changes of Government, as well as other measures that may be deemed necessary by the PSC. The manual shall also provide guidelines for the granting by the PSC of exemptions from the sanctions measures. k) Enhancing Implementation and Monitoring 20. In order to ensure that the sanctions measures contained in a PSC communiqué are effectively and fully applied, the PSC shall seek the close cooperation and support of AU member States, the RECs, other Regional Mechanisms, international community, international organizations and other entities involved in the implementation of sanctions measures so imposed by the PSC in any situation of unconstitutional changes of Government. 21. The Committee recommends measures to the PSC to be applied to member States that fail to comply with the sanctions regime imposed by the PSC.