# Official Journal C 330/2006

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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 330 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4930 December 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 330

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4930 December 2006

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| | Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Partnership Agreement concluded between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its member States, of the other part |
| | The 12th session was held in Bridgetown (Barbados) from 20 to 23 November 2006. |
| 2006/C 330/01 | Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 20 November 2006 | 1 |
| Formal inaugural sitting


  Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly


  Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly


  Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives


  Substitutes


  Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/3932/06)


  Approval of the minutes of the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 307, 15.12.2006)


  Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with special responsibility for development and humanitarian aid


  Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Vienna (Austria) from 19 to 22 June 2006


  Question Time with the Commission


  Debate with the Commission


  Urgent topic 1: The situation in the East African region of the ACP Group |
| 2006/C 330/02 | Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 21 November 2006 | 3 |
| Substitutes


  Debate on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (without resolution)


  Statement by Mr Noel A. Lynch, Minister of Tourism and International Transport of Barbados


  Report of the economic and social partners


  Address by Mr Mark Malloch Brown, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the work and role of the United Nations in the 21st century |
| 2006/C 330/03 | Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday 22 November 2006 | 4 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Monday, 20 November and Tuesday morning, 21 November 2006


  Statement by Mrs Paula Lehtomäki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development (Finland), President-in-Office of the EU Council


  Statement by Dr Onofre Rojas, Minister of State and National Authorising Officer of the EDF (Dominican Republic), for Mr Casimir Oye Mba, Minister for Development Planning and Programming (Gabon) and President-in-Office of the ACP Council


  Question Time — Council


  Debate with the Council


  Report by Mrs Ana Gomes and Mr William Duguid (Barbados), on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, on small arms and light weapons and sustainable development (ACP-EU/3892/06/fin.)


  Urgent topic 2: The review of negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).


  Report by Mrs Eija-Riitta Korhola and Mr Achille Tapsoba (Burkina Faso), on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment, on water in developing countries (ACP-EU/3916/06/fin.) |
| 2006/C 330/04 | Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 23 November 2006 | 6 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Wednesday, 22 November 2006


  Summary reports from the workshops


  Statement by Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation


  Vote on the modification of the Rules of Procedure


  Vote on the motions for resolutions included in the reports submitted by the three standing committees


  Vote on urgent motions for resolutions


  Other business


  Date and place of the 13th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
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Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Partnership Agreement concluded between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its member States, of the other part

The 12th session was held in Bridgetown (Barbados) from 20 to 23 November 2006.

2006/C 330/01

Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 20 November 2006

1

Formal inaugural sitting

Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives

Substitutes

Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/3932/06)

Approval of the minutes of the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 307, 15.12.2006)

Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with special responsibility for development and humanitarian aid

Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Vienna (Austria) from 19 to 22 June 2006

Question Time with the Commission

Debate with the Commission

Urgent topic 1: The situation in the East African region of the ACP Group

2006/C 330/02

Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 21 November 2006

3

Substitutes

Debate on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (without resolution)

Statement by Mr Noel A. Lynch, Minister of Tourism and International Transport of Barbados

Report of the economic and social partners

Address by Mr Mark Malloch Brown, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the work and role of the United Nations in the 21st century

2006/C 330/03

Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday 22 November 2006

4

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Monday, 20 November and Tuesday morning, 21 November 2006

Statement by Mrs Paula Lehtomäki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development (Finland), President-in-Office of the EU Council

Statement by Dr Onofre Rojas, Minister of State and National Authorising Officer of the EDF (Dominican Republic), for Mr Casimir Oye Mba, Minister for Development Planning and Programming (Gabon) and President-in-Office of the ACP Council

Question Time — Council

Debate with the Council

Report by Mrs Ana Gomes and Mr William Duguid (Barbados), on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, on small arms and light weapons and sustainable development (ACP-EU/3892/06/fin.)

Urgent topic 2: The review of negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).

Report by Mrs Eija-Riitta Korhola and Mr Achille Tapsoba (Burkina Faso), on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment, on water in developing countries (ACP-EU/3916/06/fin.)

2006/C 330/04

Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 23 November 2006

6

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Summary reports from the workshops

Statement by Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation

Vote on the modification of the Rules of Procedure

Vote on the motions for resolutions included in the reports submitted by the three standing committees

Vote on urgent motions for resolutions

Other business

Date and place of the 13th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

8

11

14

15

15

22

31

36

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