However, conventions dealing with customs transit, including the TIR Convention, contain provisions that specifically allow a given transit country to apply restrictions and controls imposed under national regulations on grounds of public morality, public security, hygiene or public health, or for veterinary or phytopathological reasons.

Further, through a number of partnerships, OCCAM was able to support a variety of activities, ranging from the provision of broadband satellite connectivity to digital services (e-services) in the field of phytopathology and veterinary science to promote food security and endogenous development in underserved communities; (b) Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education: As part of efforts to support literacy programmes, OCCAM offered distance education courses in Sambaina, Madagascar to teach 998 primary school students how to write using an innovative system of images; (c) Goal 4: Reduce child mortality; Goal 5: Improve maternal health; Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases: In 2007, OCCAM trained 87 medical doctors in Antananarivo in the use of ultrasound technology designed to support doctors in developing countries as part of efforts to ensure maternal health and reduce child mortality.