Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya paid a courtesy visit to the ACP Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States to give an update on the progress being made on the planning of the 9^th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government, which will shortly be taking place at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya.

Brussels, 21/11/2019/ACP: Heads of State of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States will meet to consider the key developmental challenges facing the six ACP regions and chart a course for greater sustainability and economic self-sufficiency at the 9^th ACP Summit of Heads of State  and Government, themed “A Transformed ACP Committed to Multilateralism”  at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya from 6-10 December 2019.

Brussels, 14 November 2019/ACP: The ACP Committee of Ambassadors (CoA) warmly welcomed the new Ambassador of the Republic of Mali, H.E. Mr Mamadou Mandjou Berthe to the fold on 14 November 2019 at the ACP House.

14 November 2019/ACP: In an address to the 925^th Meeting of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors at ACP House on 14 November 2019, the Honourable Dr. Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas called on the Ambassadors to “collectively and urgently intensify our response to the climate emergency”. The Prime Minister also encouraged those present to “unite with one voice and protect our shared patrimony and a better future.”

Brussels, 13 November 2019/ACP/: Climate change and food security, migration, sustainable growth and the post-Cotonou ACP-EU agreement are set to be the focus of the 38th session of the assembly.

Members of the European Parliament and parliamentarians of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries will meet in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of the ACP-EU joint parliamentary assembly, from 17 to 21 November 2019.

The formal opening of the session will take place on Tuesday 19 November and will be co-chaired by Carlos Zorrinho, Portuguese MEP and Joseph Owana Kono, Cameroonian MEP.