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"content": "African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly meetings in held in Luanda, Angola from 17th to 21st February 2024. Laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 6th December 2023 and Wednesday, 2nd October 2024, respectively. The OACPS was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It was established as an African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP). During the same year, 1975, a cooperation agreement was established between the ACP and the EU, then referred to as the European Economic Community (EEC). The Cooperation Agreement was signed in Delorme, Togo and thus adopted the name the Lomé Convention. The Lomé Convention guided the cooperation between the ACP and EU, which is Lomé 1, Lomé 2, Lomé 3, and Lomé 4 up to 2000 when the Cotonou Partnership Agreement was signed between 78 ACP countries and 28 EU countries. The Cotonou Partnership Agreement was signed to govern cooperation between the ACP and the EU for 20 years, up to 2020. The ACP-Georgetown Agreement provides for an ACP Summit as the highest governing organ, with the Council of Ministers as the policy-making organ and a committee of ambassadors as the policy implementer. Kenya hosted the 9th ACP Summit in Nairobi in December 2019. During the Summit, a revised version of the Georgetown Agreement was adopted. It was during the revision of the Georgetown Agreement that the new name for the ACP, that is OACPS, was adopted. The Samoa Agreement is a framework for EU relations with African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. It is the new partnership agreement between the EU and 79 countries from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, which totals to 49 African countries, 16 Caribbean, and 15 Pacific countries. The agreement includes a common foundation for all OACPS levels combined with the three regional protocols for Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, with a focus on the regions’ specific needs. The new agreement was officially signed on 15th November, 2023, by the EU and its member states and OACPS members in Samoa. Its provisional application was to start on the first day of the second month after their signature, that is, 1st January, 2024. The Samoa Agreement is based on six key priorities- (1) Human rights, democracy, and governance; (2) Peace and security; (3) Human and social development; (4) Inclusive, sustainable economic growth and development; (5) Environmental sustainability and economic change; and, (6) Migration and mobility. The OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was the first session since coming to force of the Samoa Agreement the new partnership agreement between OACPS and the EU on 1st January, 2024. The first constitutive session of the OACPS-EU Joint Partnership Agreement was held on 21st February, 2024. The session was formally opened by His Excellency Esperança Maria Eduardo Francisco da Costa, Vice President of Angola; Carolina Cerqueira, President of the National Assembly of Angola; as well as The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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