African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
Brussels / Geneva
Georgetown Agreement
The group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in short ACP Group (English African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States shortly ACP countries; French Groupe des États d' Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique short Pays ACP) denotes an International Organization of currently 79 countries in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific - mostly former colonies of France and Britain. Founding document of the organization is called the Georgetown Agreement, which includes contractual agreements to mainly economic cooperation.
The main objectives are the sustainable development of the Member States, their integration into the world economy, and the establishment of a "new, fair and just world order." From the outset, was the coordination of the economic ties of the Member States of the European Union in the foreground. Nestled in a series of agreements ( Lomé I to IV), the cooperation between the ACP Group and the EU as the biggest example of an (economic ) "North -South cooperation ."
In recent years, the ACP Group has expanded its focus from the EU on the world community, and set a number of measures within the World Trade Organization ( WTO).
With the ACP countries, the EC has completed the strongly developmentally motivated Lomé Convention in the course of its common commercial policy. The first agreement, which was later renewed several times, was signed in 1975 in Lomé, Togo. With him, the EU countries wanted to take into account, among other things their colonial past. The agreement is based primarily on a system of tariff preferences with which these countries access to the EU market should be facilitated. In addition, funds have been provided to stabilize the prices of exports of these countries. Successor to the Lomé Convention, which expired on 29 February 2000, the Cotonou Agreement.
States
Africa
- Angola Angola
- Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia Ethiopia
- Benin Benin
- Botswana Botswana
- Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
- Burundi Burundi
- Djibouti Djibouti
- Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
- Eritrea Eritrea
- Gabon Gabon
- Gambia Gambia
- Ghana Ghana
- Guinea Guinea
- Guinea- Bissau Guinea- Bissau
- Cameroon Cameroon
- Cape Verde Cape Verde
- Kenya
- Comoros Comoros
- Congo Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Congo Republic of the Congo, Republic of
- Lesotho Lesotho
- Liberia Liberia
- Madagascar Madagascar
- Malawi Malawi
- Mali Mali
- Mauritania Mauritania
- Mauritius Mauritius
- Mozambique Mozambique
- Namibia Namibia
- Niger Niger
- Nigeria Nigeria
- Rwanda Rwanda
- Zambia Zambia
- Senegal Senegal
- Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles Seychelles
- Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
- Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
- Somalia Somalia
- South Africa South Africa
- Sudan Sudan
- Swaziland Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo Togo
- Chad Chad
- Uganda Uganda
- Central African Republic Central African Republic
Caribbean
- Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas Bahamas
- Barbados Barbados
- Belize Belize
- Dominica Dominica
- Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
- Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia St. Lucia
- Saint Vincent Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Pacific
- Cook Islands Cook Islands
- Fiji Fiji
- Kiribati Kiribati
- Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
- Micronesia Foderierte States Micronesia
- Nauru Nauru
- Niue Niue
- East Timor East Timor
- Palau Palau
- Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
- Samoa Samoa
- Tonga Tonga
- Tuvalu Tuvalu
- Vanuatu Vanuatu
Organization
The ACP Group has a general secretariat before headquartered in Brussels ( Belgium). Another office is operated in Geneva ( Switzerland ).
Institutions of the ACP Group are:
- Council of Ministers
- Committee of Ambassadors
- ACP Parliamentary Assembly
- Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- ACP -EU Council of Ministers
- ACP -EU Committee of Ambassadors
- Centre for the Development of the Enterprise
- Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Secretary General of the ACP Group is Mohamed Ibn Chambas of Ghana since 2010.
Predecessors were:
- John Kaputin, Papua New Guinea (2005-2010)
- Jean -Robert Goulongana, Gabon (2000-2005)
- Ng'andu Peter Magande, Zambia (1996-2000)
- Ghebray Berhane, Ethiopia (1990-1995)
- Edwin W. Carrington, Trinidad and Tobago (1985-1990)
- Thomas Okelo - Odongo, Kenya (1980-1985)
- Tieoule Konate, Mali (1976-1980)
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