Bilateral OTIF-ONCF meeting. OTIF’s 13^th General Assembly: Highlights. Modification of COTIF: Status of approvals. Entry into force of modifications to APTU and ATMF. Speech at the African Union in Addis-Ababa on the “mail by rail” project. OTIF at Innotrans. Revised procedure for amending the appendices to COTIF. Building infrastructure provisions within COTIF. RID/ADR/ADN Joint meeting.