7th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government - Latest updates

Outcome documents from the 7th ACP Head of States Summit

Sipopo Declaration
Council of Ministers Decisions & Resolutions
Keynote Statements
Photo gallery

ACP leaders send out strong message to partners at key summit

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States wrapped up a successful 2-day summit for Heads of States and Government on 13-14 December at the Grand Sipopo International Conference Centre in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, committing to intensified South-South cooperation, while calling for more development-friendly relations with European partners.

FAO and ACP Countries agree strategic partnership against hunger and malnutrition

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States are to become strategic partners in the fight against hunger and poverty and for the sustainable management of natural resources in the 79-member bloc of countries.

ACP Summit backs draft resolution on UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) voiced support for the United Nations General Assembly’s draft resolution to declare a Decade of Sustainable Energy for All from 2014 to 2024.

ACP leaders head to Equatorial Guinea for critical summit

The President of Suriname joined fellow Head of State from Guyana in welcoming parliamentary delegates from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group last weekend, calling for stronger economic cooperation amongst its 79 member states, less reliance on foreign aid, and a united voice on global development issues.

Carribean heads urge innovation, stronger voice for ACP Group

African leaders stress importance of major ACP Summit

Three presidential visits to the Secretariat for the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group in Brussels last week highlighted the commitment of ACP member states to reviewing the outlook of the Group, and its role in promoting development amongst its members.

Malabo Summit to reaffirm ACP solidarity, says Gabonese Head of State

The President of the Republic of Gabon has invited political peers from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) to focus seriously on the future course of the ACP Group as an international alliance during a major leaders’ conference this December.

Tanzania calls for "all hands on board" for charting ACP future

The new Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania to the European Union (EU), H.E Dr Diodorus Kamala made a plea for solidarity amongst the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States as the 79-member group weighs up options for the future on the way to reviewing its relations with the EU.

ACP Statement at the 43rd Pacific Leader's Summit 2012, Rarotonga COOK ISLANDS

...the relations between the Pacific Forum and the ACP Group are based on shared history, values and shared responses to collective and global challenges....

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