Statements delivered at the 34th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, 18 December 2017, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

- Youri Latortue, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Haiti
- Michèle Rivasi, Acting Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- Ibrahim Rassin Bundu, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- Jovenel Moïse, President of the Republic of Haiti
WTO impasse spurs ACP developing states to find intra-ACP solutions
Buenos Aires, 14 December 2017/ ACP: Talks towards a final outcome document collapsed at the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organisation, despite the best efforts by the Chair, Argentina’s Amb. Susana Malcorra, to get member states to agree to a ‘scaled down’ ministerial declaration.
Plenary Statement by Senator, the Hon. Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados on behalf of the ACP Group of States at the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference, 11 December 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina

ACP countries aim for solid outcomes at WTO
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11 December 2017/ ACP: Despite the cloud of uncertainty shrouding the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organisation, trade officials from African, Caribbean and Pacific States are rallying to ensure meaningful outcomes are generated over the three days of high level trade talks taking place this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
DECISIONS & RESOLUTIONS: 106th session of the ACP Council of Ministers, held on 5th and 6th December 2017 in Brussels, Belgium
ACP Council takes key positions taken on trade, migration, ACP-EU relations
Brussels, 7 December 2017/ ACP: Decision-makers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States approved key policy and administrative actions for the organisation, while also taking a stand on major issues affecting ACP countries.
ACP boosts regional engagement with renewed agreement with ECOWAS
Abidjan, 6 December 2017/ ECOWAS/ ACP: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel de Souza, and the Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States Dr Patrick Gomes, in the margins of the AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 30 November.
Also present at the ceremony was the Chairperson of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors, the Ambassador of Senegal Amadou Diop, and the Executive Secretary of the Council of the Entente, Patrice Kouamé.
Economic trends, security issues to dominate debates at upcoming ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

‘Unity in diversity’ emphasised at ACP Council of Ministers
Brussels, 5 December 2017/ ACP: The Minister of Trade, Industry and the Informal Economy of Senegal H.E. Mr. Alioune Sarr set the stage for discussions at the 106th session of the ACP Council of Ministers, one of the most important decision-making organs of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
ACP Group of States Congratulates the People of Zimbabwe
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