# Official Journal C 58/2008

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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 58 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 511 March 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 58

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 511 March 2008

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | 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 partThe 14th session was held in Kigali (Rwanda) from 19 to 22 November 2007. |
| 2008/C 058/01 | Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 19 November 2007 | 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/100.185)


  Approval of the minutes of the 13th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 254 of 26.10.2007)


  Urgent topic No 1: natural disasters in ACP States: EU funding for preparedness (EDF funds) and relief (ECHO funds)


  Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade


  The situation in Somalia |
| 2008/C 058/02 | Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 20 November 2007 | 3 |
| Substitutes


  Committee on Social Affairs and Environment


  Country and Regional Strategy Papers for the 10th EDF: debate (without resolution)


  Urgent topic No 2: the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in particular in the East, and its impact on the region


  The EU-Africa Strategy and the EU-Africa Summit: debate (without resolution) |
| 2008/C 058/03 | Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 21 November 2007 | 4 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Monday 19 November and of the morning of Tuesday morning, 20 November 2007


  Report of the economic and social partners — Migration and development: opportunities and challenges


  Committee on Political Affairs


  Ratification of the revised Cotonou Agreement and possible measures for interim funding: debate (without resolution)


  Summary reports from the workshops


  Kigali Declaration on Trade: the state of play of Economic Partnership Agreements and Doha


  Statement by the Hon. Misa Telefoni, Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Tourism, (Samoa), President-in-Office of the ACP Council


  Statement by Mr João Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Portugal), President-in-Office of the EU Council


  Question Time to the Council


  Debate with the Council


  Question Time to the Commission |
| 2008/C 058/04 | Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 22 November 2007 | 7 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Wednesday 21 November 2007


  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 13th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Wiesbaden (Germany)


  Debate with the Commission


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


  Vote on the urgent motions for resolutions


  Approval of Kigali Declaration on Trade


  Any other business


  Date and place of the 15th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
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Notice No

Contents

page

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

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 partThe 14th session was held in Kigali (Rwanda) from 19 to 22 November 2007.

2008/C 058/01

Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 19 November 2007

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/100.185)

Approval of the minutes of the 13th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 254 of 26.10.2007)

Urgent topic No 1: natural disasters in ACP States: EU funding for preparedness (EDF funds) and relief (ECHO funds)

Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade

The situation in Somalia

2008/C 058/02

Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 20 November 2007

3

Substitutes

Committee on Social Affairs and Environment

Country and Regional Strategy Papers for the 10th EDF: debate (without resolution)

Urgent topic No 2: the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in particular in the East, and its impact on the region

The EU-Africa Strategy and the EU-Africa Summit: debate (without resolution)

2008/C 058/03

Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 21 November 2007

4

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Monday 19 November and of the morning of Tuesday morning, 20 November 2007

Report of the economic and social partners — Migration and development: opportunities and challenges

Committee on Political Affairs

Ratification of the revised Cotonou Agreement and possible measures for interim funding: debate (without resolution)

Summary reports from the workshops

Kigali Declaration on Trade: the state of play of Economic Partnership Agreements and Doha

Statement by the Hon. Misa Telefoni, Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Tourism, (Samoa), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

Statement by Mr João Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Portugal), President-in-Office of the EU Council

Question Time to the Council

Debate with the Council

Question Time to the Commission

2008/C 058/04

Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 22 November 2007

7

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Wednesday 21 November 2007

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 13th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Wiesbaden (Germany)

Debate with the Commission

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

Vote on the urgent motions for resolutions

Approval of Kigali Declaration on Trade

Any other business

Date and place of the 15th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

9

13

17

18

18

26

29

35

40

44

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