Press releases
ACP, EU to present strategy for forthcoming €40 million culture sector programme
Brussels, 31 January 2018/ ACP: Impact, achievements and lessons learned in promoting the cultural sector in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific will be examined at an international conference next week at the ACP House, including how this has fed into the strategy behind a new ACP-EU programme to support the cultural sector, due to be launched this year with an envelope of €40 million.
ACP-EU JPA: Co-Presidents welcome the release of 528 opposition members in Ethiopia

ACP Group of States condemns remarks by U.S President
Brussels, 15 January 2018/ ACP: The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States expresses unequivocal condemnation of the shocking and hurtful racist remarks attributed to the President of the United States of America regarding a significant part of its membership, as reported in international media.
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: “Promoting the resilience of populations to natural disasters"
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti 18 December 2017/ ACP-EU JPA: The 34th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) opened on Monday 18 December in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with a firm call by the Co-President Michele Rivasi for international decion-makers present to effectively address the impacts of natural disasters, and include climate change adaptation strategies in all sectors.
Statements delivered at the 34th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, 18 December 2017, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

- Youri Latortue, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Haiti
- Michèle Rivasi, Acting Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- Ibrahim Rassin Bundu, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- Jovenel Moïse, President of the Republic of Haiti
Plenary Statement by Senator, the Hon. Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados on behalf of the ACP Group of States at the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference, 11 December 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DECISIONS & RESOLUTIONS: 106th session of the ACP Council of Ministers, held on 5th and 6th December 2017 in Brussels, Belgium
ACP Council takes key positions taken on trade, migration, ACP-EU relations
Brussels, 7 December 2017/ ACP: Decision-makers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States approved key policy and administrative actions for the organisation, while also taking a stand on major issues affecting ACP countries.
ACP boosts regional engagement with renewed agreement with ECOWAS
Abidjan, 6 December 2017/ ECOWAS/ ACP: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel de Souza, and the Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States Dr Patrick Gomes, in the margins of the AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 30 November.
Also present at the ceremony was the Chairperson of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors, the Ambassador of Senegal Amadou Diop, and the Executive Secretary of the Council of the Entente, Patrice Kouamé.
Economic trends, security issues to dominate debates at upcoming ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

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