Brussels, 10 September 2021/OACPS: President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, H.E. Mr Umaro Sissoco Embalò visited the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on Thursday, 9 September 2021 during a working visit to the institutions to the European Union and the OACPS.

Brussels, 8 September 2021/OACPS: The Secretary General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), H.E. Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, said multilateralism is the appropriate, if not only, framework for effectively meeting global challenges, such as threats to peace and security, the fight against terrorism, violent extremism, organised crime, pandemics, and the ongoing crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Brussels, 7 September 2021/OACPS: H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), reaffirms, in solidarity with the Member States of the United Nations, the global commitment of the OACPS to commemorate 7 September as, The International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. Secretary-General Chikoti notes that the theme for 2021, ‘Healthy Air, Healthy Planet’, which puts the focus on the health aspects of air pollution, particularly within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the critical Climate Change crisis, is both timely and fitting.

Brussels, 6 September 2021/OACPS: On behalf of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, expresses deep concern about the political situation in the Republic of Guinea following the coup d’état on Sunday 5 September 2021.

Brussels, 6 September 2021/OACPS: On 3 September 2021, the Information Centre for South‑South and Triangular Cooperation of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS-SSTC Centre) held a symposium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on the theme: “Broader partnership as a means of accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals”.

Brussels, 3 September 2021/OACPS: The Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), H.E. Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti will today launch the new Centre for South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) at the first ever SSTC Symposium convened by the new Centre during his mission to Equatorial Guinea.

Brussels, 1 September 2021/OACPS: The Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), H.E. Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, in keeping with the Decision of the OACPS Council of Ministers at its 111^th Session in December 2020, and following the dispatch of a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on behalf of the OACPS, issues the present Statement on the implementation of the Decision.

Brussels, 30 August 2021/OACPS: H.E. Mr Mário de Azevedo Constantino, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola, took over the leadership of the Bureau of the Committee of Ambassadors of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) from outgoing Chair, H.E. Mr Moses Kouni Mose of Solomon Islands at the meeting of the Outgoing and Incoming Bureaux of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors, on 16 July 2021.

Brussels, 16 August 2021 /OACPS: The ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme today announced a call for Expressions of Interest for four new countries to join the existing six focus countries supported by the ACP-EU-UNDP Development Minerals Programme.

Brussels, 25 August 2021/OACPS: On behalf of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto CHIKOTI, is delighted with the successful conduct of the presidential, legislative and local elections held in the Republic of Zambia on 12 August 2021.

The Secretary-General congratulates His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema on his accession to the Presidency and assures him of the support of the OACPS. He commends the former President, H.E. Mr Edgar Lungu, for displaying, throughout his term-of-office, the qualities of a true statesman.