STATEMENT BY HONOURABLE VINCENT T. SERETSE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION OF BOTSWANA, DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE 107th ACP COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING ON POST COTONOU, LOME, TOGO, 29 MAY 2018. 

Prior to the opening of the 107th session of the ACP Council of Ministers, consultations took place in order to hear the views from the various regional organisations on how they perceived the future for the ACP Group as it seeks to finalise its Negotiating Mandate.

A Special session was held on 27th May 2018 so that all countries could voice their concerns and views. The consensus at the end of the day was that the ACP draft mandate was to be presented to the formal session of Council on 29th May for consideration.

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Brussels, Belgium, April 12, 2018

Chairman of the Committee of Ambassador H.E. Mrs. Sheila Sealy-Monteith, Excellencies, Secretary-General, Colleagues,

I bring you warm greetings from the sunny shores of Barbados on behalf of my Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, as well as from the Government and friendly Barbadian people.

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In preparation for the high-level United Nations Oceans Conference, an oceans forum co-organized by UNCTAD, FAO, the ACP Secretariat, COMSEC and International Ocean Institute (IOI) is  to be held from 21 - 22 March 2017,  Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.  The Forum shall be preceded by a briefing session on the Fisheries Regulatory Framework at the Multilateral Level scheduled for the 20 March 2017.

More information

Briefing session:  http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1297

Oceans Forum: http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1299

The Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Walter Mzembi, who is also the African Union- endorsed candidate for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), met with the Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries. Dr Patrick I Gomes, at the ACP’s Brussels Headquarters on 20 February, 2017.

Mr. Mike Eman, Chairman of OCTA and Premier of Aruba, 
Excellency, Mr. Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development,
Excellencies, Members of the European Parliament,
Chairman of the Conference of the President of the Outermost Regions,
Distinguished participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is with great pleasure and honour that, upon your kind and appreciated invitation, I am here today on behalf of the 79 member states of the ACP Group, to share with you some thoughts at this important 15^th OCT-EU Forum gathered here in this beautiful island of Aruba.