ACP Press Release: 27 May 2011— The 93rd Session of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Council of Ministers opened today in Brussels, Belgium with the stalled Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union (EU), the fight against poverty and the future of the ACP Group amongst the major issues to be discussed. Opening the meeting today in Brussels, Secretary-General of the ACP Group, Dr.

Acting Secretary-General of the ACP Group, Mr. Paulo Kautoke on 13 May 2011, met with the Minister of Development Planning and International Cooperation of the Central African Republic, Hon Sylvain Maliko, during which he was briefed on the political, economic and social developments in the Central African country. He was accompanied in the meeting by experts from the ACP Secretariat whilst the Minister's team included senior officials from his country.

Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Press Release, 10 May 2011: The Acting Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Feleti Teo has congratulated Pacific countries of the ACP grouping within the European Union and members of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) agencies for their performance in committing funds under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF).

Press release: ACP Secretary-General, Dr. Mohamed Ibn CHAMBAS, recently returned from a successful visit to Cameroon in the framework of the 6th Regional Meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which was held in Yaoundé from 27 to 29 April, 2011.

ACP Press Release: 13 April 2011 – The 9th Meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) National and Regional Authorising Officers started this morning with Secretary-General Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas highlighting the importance of the European Development Fund as an important instrument to fight poverty in ACP countries.

ACP Press Release: 11 April 2011— The Ninth Meeting of National and Regional Authorising Officers (NAOs) of the ACP countries commenced this morning in Brussels. In his welcome address, the Secretary-General, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, underlined the crucially important role that NAOs play in our regional member countries as development implementation agents.

ACP Press Release 30 March 2011: Consultations under Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement took on Tuesday March 29th between the Government of Bissau and the European Union.
The Cotonou Agreement provides for such consultations when issues of human rights and good governance arise in a signatory country to such an extent as might warrant the cessation of aid and development cooperation.

ACP Press Release: 24 March 2011 –

The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group Secretary-General, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with the goal to accelerate the sustainable industrial development of ACP countries and regions with the overall objective of poverty alleviation.

ACP Press Release: 22 June 2011: Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Committee of Ambassadors visited the Belgian city of Liege today on the invitation of the Colleges and the city.

The visit was organised by the City of Liege in partnership with the Organisation of La Francophine (OIF) in Brussels.

ACP Press Release: 22 June 2011: Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Committee of Ambassadors visited the Belgian city of Liege today on the invitation of the Colleges and the city. The visit was organised by the City of Liege in partnership with the Organisation of La Francophine (OIF) in Brussels. The intention of the visit was to allow the ACP Ambassadors to visit key sites in the city and to meet with leaders of the province which is bidding to host the World Expo in 2017.