BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 29, 2010 - Grenada, along with 78 other African, Caribbean & Pacific States, recently signed the second revision of the Africa, Caribbean & Pacific States-European Union (ACP-EU) Partnership Agreement in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Grenada’s Ambassador to the EU, Stephen Fletcher signed on behalf of the Government of Grenada.
The signing ceremony marked the culmination of the 91st Session of the ACP Council of Ministers, and the 35th Session of the joint ACP-EU Council of Ministers’ meetings.
The Cotonou partnership agreement provides the framework through which the EU would provide assistance to ACP states.
Overall the new agreement seeks to eradicate poverty, promote sustainable development, facilitate assistance to ACP States or adaptation to climate change, as well as to accelerate work towards the mutual recognition of higher education qualification within ACP group of States.
Additionally, the revised agreement seeks to increase its focus on political dialogue and support for regional integration throughout the ACP regions.
The revised agreement was signed in Ouagadougou after more than one year of negotiations between the ACP & the EU.
Ambassador Fletcher served as a core member of the thematic group II, on regional integration and trading agreements and economic cooperation.
In addition to the signing of the second revision of the ACP – EU partnership Cotonou Agreement, other declarations, resolutions and communiqués were announced.
They included Climate Change, United Nations Millennium Development Goals, Banana and Sugar. Unfortunately, the Council failed to agree on a joint declaration regarding the Regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
Additionally, the Republics of South Africa, and Equatorial Guinea acceded to the Cotonou Agreement.
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