SG speeches
Statement by the Secretary General at the ACP celebration of International Women's Day, 5 March 2015, Brussels
Thank you for the opportunity to address you on this auspicious occasion – the celebration of international women’s day. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Secretariat for organising this event, in particular, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Human Development, Mme. Michèle Dominique Raymond, who has taken the lead in organising this event for the past 4 years.
Inaugural statement of the Secretary General Dr. Patrick Gomes to the ACP Committee of Ambassadors, 2 March 2015, Brussels
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The event for which we are gathered this evening takes place in the year that makes the milestone 40th Anniversary of the creation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States by the Georgetown Agreement on June 6, 1975.
Opening remarks by the Secretary General at the 2nd Meeting of ACP Ministers of Health, 25 February 2015, Brussels
Statement by the Secretary General at the 2nd beneficiaries' meeting of the ACP Cultures+ Programme, 10 February 2015, Brussels

Statement by the Secretary General at the High Level Symposium on ACP Private Sector Strategy, 10 November 2014 - Brussels
Statement by the ACP Secretary General at the 5th Open Day of the Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade, ACP Secretariat
Excellencies, Ambassadors and Representatives of ACP Embassies and Missions, Representatives from the European Commission, Representatives from International Organisations, Managers from the various Project Management Units, Distinguished participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Statement by the ACP Secretary General at the 38th Brussels Briefing on Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, 27 October 2014, Brussels
Representative of DG DEVCO, Representative of DG MARE, Representative of European Commission, Director of CTA, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
Statement by the Secretary General at the ACP Symposium on the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa, 17 October 2014, Brussels
Presentation by the Secretary General at the Southern Africa Regional Consultations (Session 1) of the Eminent Persons Group, 2 September 2014, Luanda Angola
Your Excellencies,
Honorable Members of Parliament and
Distinguished participants
1. At the outset, let me thank our Chair for this session, Dr Howard Sigwele from Botswana. I have been asked to speak on the subject of the “The
Statement by the Secretary General at the General Assembly of the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organisation (WAITRO), 16 September 2014, Copenhagen
Mr. Martin Lidegaard, Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark,
Your Excellences; Distinguished Participants; Ladies and Gentlemen
Allow me first to thank the organisers, for inviting me in my capacity as the Secretary-General of the ACP Group of States, to participate in the WAITRO General Assembly and its 22nd Biennial Congress.
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