St. Julian’s, Malta, 22 June 2017/ ACP: The following declaration was adopted yesterday on Wednesday 21 June 2017 at the 33^rd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA). The JPA brings together Members of the European Parliament alongside Members of Parliament from 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific states that have signed the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement. The JPA is the only forum where ACP parliamentary representatives can voice their needs and worries directly to the European Parliament as well as the European Commission.

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ADOPTED BY THE 8^TH SUMMIT OF ACP HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT HELD IN PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, ON 31 MAY AND 1 JUNE 2016

The Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group), held their 8^th Summit in Waigani, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on 31 May and 1 June 2016, under the chairmanship of Hon. Peter O’NEILL, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. The Summit was organised under the theme, “Repositioning the ACP Group to respond to the challenges of sustainable development.”

PORT MORESBY DECLARATION

I.          PREAMBLE

We, Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group), meeting at our 8^th Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 31 May and 1 June 2016 under the theme “Repositioning the ACP Group to respond to the challenges of sustainable development”,