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| 9.6.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 136/1 |
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9.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 136/1

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MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2005

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2005

(2006/C 136/01)

(The sitting opened at 11.30 a.m.)

(The sitting opened at 11.30 a.m.)

Formal inaugural sitting

The following addressed the Assembly: Mr George Reid, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, Mrs Glenys Kinnock, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Mrs Sharon Hay Webster, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and HRH the Duke of Gloucester, who declared the 10th session open.

(The sitting adjourned at 12.55 p.m. and resumed at 3.20 p.m.)

(The sitting adjourned at 12.55 p.m. and resumed at 3.20 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

Co-President

Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The Co-President welcomed all the participants.

1.   Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The Co-President announced that the list of Members of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, as forwarded by the authorities of the ACP States and the President of the European Parliament, would be annexed to the minutes.

2.   Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives

The Co-President announced that the authorities of the ACP States had sent a list of non-parliamentary representatives. In accordance with Article 17(1) of the Partnership Agreement and Article 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, she proposed that these representatives should be recorded and their names listed in an annex to the minutes.

The Joint Parliamentary Assembly agreed to this.

3.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: van den Berg (for Bullmann), Schröder (for Coelho), Czarnecki (for Kozlík), Zaleski (for Langendries) and Goebbels (for Rosati).

4.   Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/3803/05)

The Co-President announced that the deadlines were as follows:

| — | concerning amendments to motions for resolutions included in the reports presented by the standing committees: Monday, 21 November at 6.00 p.m.; |
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concerning amendments to motions for resolutions included in the reports presented by the standing committees: Monday, 21 November at 6.00 p.m.;

| — | concerning amendments to motions for compromise resolutions and other urgent motions for resolutions to be put to the vote: Tuesday, 22 November at 3.00 p.m.; |
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concerning amendments to motions for compromise resolutions and other urgent motions for resolutions to be put to the vote: Tuesday, 22 November at 3.00 p.m.;

| — | concerning questions relating to voting methods: Thursday, 24 November at 9.00 a.m., in writing. |
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concerning questions relating to voting methods: Thursday, 24 November at 9.00 a.m., in writing.

The following spoke: Jardim Fernandes, Ribeiro e Castro, Gahler and Ould Guelaye (Mauritania).

The draft agenda was adopted as shown in these minutes.

5.   Approval of the minutes of the ninth ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 272, 3.11.2005)

The minutes were approved.

6.   Report by Barry Faure (Seychelles) and Fiona Hall, on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment, on the causes and consequences of natural disasters (ACP-EU 3802/05/fin.)

Ms Hall and Mr Faure presented their report.

The following spoke: Martens, Coye (Jamaica), Scheele, Osei-Prempeh (Ghana), Dawaleh (Djibouti), Aubert, Savarin (Dominica), Bowis, Weldegiorgis (Eritrea), van den Berg, Cavuilati (Fiji), Záborská, Poghisio (Kenya), Novak, Alma (Niger), Thomas (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), François (Saint Lucia), Ramotar (Guyana) and Malin (European Commission).

7.   Urgent topic 1: Situation in West Africa

The Co-President reported on the situation in the countries of West Africa.

The following spoke: Top (Guinea), Berend, Osei-Prempeh (Ghana), Ould Guelaye (Mauritania), Van Hecke, Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Carlotti, Kpade (Togo), Aubert, Bawa Bwari (Nigeria), Gahler, Kiraso (Uganda), Conteh (Sierra Leone), Gomes, van den Berg, Alma (Niger) and Malin (European Commission).

(The sitting closed at 7.25 p.m.)

(The sitting closed at 7.25 p.m.)

Sharon HAY WEBSTER and

Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Sir John KAPUTIN and

Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries-General

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ANNEX OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2005

Accreditation of non-parliamentarian delegates

FIJI

H.E. Mr Seremaia Tuinausori CAVUILATI

Ambassador of Fiji, Brussels

GAMBIA

Mrs Amie NYAN-ALABOSON

Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Embassy of Gambia, Brussels

JAMAICA

H.E. Mrs Evadne COYE

Ambassador of Jamaica, Brussels

LESOTHO

Mrs Limpho MASILO-MOTSAMI

First Secretary, Embassy of Lesotho, Brussels

MOZAMBIQUE

Mr Sergio MATE

Embassy of Mozambique, Brussels

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Mr Arnold THOMAS

Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Brussels

SURINAME

H.E. Mr Gerhard HIWAT

Ambassador of Suriname, Brussels

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