| | Official Journal of the European Union The European Flag ISSN 1725-2423 doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.221.eng C 221Volume 52 14 September 2009 Complete edition English edition Information and Notices 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 part** The 17th session was held in Prague (Czech Republic) from 6 to 9 April 2009. 2009/C 221/01 Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 6 April 2009 1 Formal inaugural sitting 1 Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1 1. Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1 2. Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives 1 3. Substitutes 1 4. Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/100.498) 1 5. Approval of the minutes of the 16th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (
		 OJ C 61 of 16.3.2009) 2 6. Co-Presidents' announcements, including decisions taken at the Bureau meeting on 5 April 2009 2 7. Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with responsibility for development and humanitarian aid 2 8. Question Time to the Commission 2 9. Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 16th session of the ACP -EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) 3 10. The situation in Madagascar 3 11. Debate with the Commission 3 12. Urgent topic No 1: The role of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement in addressing the food and financial crisis in ACP countries. 3 2009/C 221/02 Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 7 April 2009 4 1. Substitutes 4 2. Statement by Mr Jan Kohout, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in charge of Development, President-in-Office of the EU Council 4 3. Statement by Hon. William Haomae, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade (Solomon Islands), President-in-Office of the ACP Council 4 4. Question Time to the Council 4 5. Debate with the Council 5 6. The revision of the Cotonou Agreement: debate without resolution 5 7. Urgent topic No 2: Establishing and promoting peace, security, stability and governance in Somalia 5 2009/C 221/03 Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 8 April 2009 6 1. Substitutes 6 2. Approval of the minutes of Monday, 6 April 2009 6 3. Report of the economic and social partners 6 4. The social and environmental impact of climate change — Report by Mr Netty Baldeh (Gambia) and Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles — Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment (ACP-EU/100.383/09/fin.) 6 5. Challenges to the democratic accommodation of ethnic, cultural and religious diversities in ACP and EU countries — Report by Ms Ruth Magau (South Africa) and Mr Filip Kaczmarek — Committee on Political Affairs (ACP-EU/100.460/09/fin.) 6 6. Country Strategy Papers and Regional Strategy Papers for ACP countries: debate without resolution 6 7. Approval of the minutes of Tuesday morning, 7 April 2009 6 8. The current position in the WTO negotiations — Presentation by Baroness Ashton, Member of the European Commission with responsibility for Trade: debate without resolution 6 9. The current position in the EPA negotiations — Presentation by Baroness Ashton, Member of the European Commission with responsibility for Trade: debate without resolution 7 10. Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and their impact on ACP countries — Report by Mr Assarid Ag Imbarcaouane (Mali) and Mr Jürgen Schröder — Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade 7 11. The Parliamentary Committees in the EPA institutional provisions: debate without resolution 7 2009/C 221/04 Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 9 April 2009 8 1. Substitutes 8 2. Approval of the minutes of Wednesday morning and afternoon, 8 April 2009 8 3. Summary reports from the workshops 8 4. Appointment of Honorary President 8 5. Vote on the motions for resolutions included in the reports submitted by the three standing committees 8 6. Vote on urgent motions for resolutions 9 7. Date and place of the 18th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 9 8. Any other business 9 Annex I —	Alphabetical list of members of the joint Parliamentary Assembly 10 Annex II —	Record of attendance at the session from 6 to 9 April in Prague (Czech Republic) 14 Annex III —	Annex of the sitting of Monday, 6 April 2009 18 Annex IV —	Resolutions adopted 19 —	Resolution on challenges to the democratic accommodation of ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in ACP and EU countries 19 —	Resolution on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and their impact on ACP States 24 —	Resolution on the social and environmental consequences of climate change in the ACP countries 31 —	Resolution on the role of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement in addressing the food and financial crisis in ACP countries 38 —	Resolution on Establishing and promoting peace, security, stability and governance in Somalia 43 EN | Official Journal of the European Union The European Flag | ISSN 1725-2423 doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.221.eng C 221Volume 52 14 September 2009 Complete edition | English edition | | Information and Notices | | | | 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 part** The 17th session was held in Prague (Czech Republic) from 6 to 9 April 2009. | 2009/C 221/01 | Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 6 April 2009 | 1 | | Formal inaugural sitting | 1 | | Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 1 | | 1. Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 1 | | 2. Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives | 1 | | 3. Substitutes | 1 | | 4. Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/100.498) | 1 | | 5. Approval of the minutes of the 16th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (
		 OJ C 61 of 16.3.2009) | 2 | | 6. Co-Presidents' announcements, including decisions taken at the Bureau meeting on 5 April 2009 | 2 | | 7. Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with responsibility for development and humanitarian aid | 2 | | 8. Question Time to the Commission | 2 | | 9. Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 16th session of the ACP -EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) | 3 | | 10. The situation in Madagascar | 3 | | 11. Debate with the Commission | 3 | | 12. Urgent topic No 1: The role of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement in addressing the food and financial crisis in ACP countries. | 3 | 2009/C 221/02 | Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 7 April 2009 | 4 | | 1. Substitutes | 4 | | 2. Statement by Mr Jan Kohout, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in charge of Development, President-in-Office of the EU Council | 4 | | 3. Statement by Hon. William Haomae, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade (Solomon Islands), President-in-Office of the ACP Council | 4 | | 4. Question Time to the Council | 4 | | 5. Debate with the Council | 5 | | 6. The revision of the Cotonou Agreement: debate without resolution | 5 | | 7. Urgent topic No 2: Establishing and promoting peace, security, stability and governance in Somalia | 5 | 2009/C 221/03 | Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 8 April 2009 | 6 | | 1. Substitutes | 6 | | 2. Approval of the minutes of Monday, 6 April 2009 | 6 | | 3. Report of the economic and social partners | 6 | | 4. The social and environmental impact of climate change — Report by Mr Netty Baldeh (Gambia) and Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles — Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment (ACP-EU/100.383/09/fin.) | 6 | | 5. Challenges to the democratic accommodation of ethnic, cultural and religious diversities in ACP and EU countries — Report by Ms Ruth Magau (South Africa) and Mr Filip Kaczmarek — Committee on Political Affairs (ACP-EU/100.460/09/fin.) | 6 | | 6. Country Strategy Papers and Regional Strategy Papers for ACP countries: debate without resolution | 6 | | 7. Approval of the minutes of Tuesday morning, 7 April 2009 | 6 | | 8. The current position in the WTO negotiations — Presentation by Baroness Ashton, Member of the European Commission with responsibility for Trade: debate without resolution | 6 | | 9. The current position in the EPA negotiations — Presentation by Baroness Ashton, Member of the European Commission with responsibility for Trade: debate without resolution | 7 | | 10. Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and their impact on ACP countries — Report by Mr Assarid Ag Imbarcaouane (Mali) and Mr Jürgen Schröder — Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade | 7 | | 11. The Parliamentary Committees in the EPA institutional provisions: debate without resolution | 7 | 2009/C 221/04 | Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 9 April 2009 | 8 | | 1. Substitutes | 8 | | 2. Approval of the minutes of Wednesday morning and afternoon, 8 April 2009 | 8 | | 3. Summary reports from the workshops | 8 | | 4. Appointment of Honorary President | 8 | | 5. Vote on the motions for resolutions included in the reports submitted by the three standing committees | 8 | | 6. Vote on urgent motions for resolutions | 9 | | 7. Date and place of the 18th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 9 | | 8. Any other business | 9 | | Annex I —	Alphabetical list of members of the joint Parliamentary Assembly | 10 | | Annex II —	Record of attendance at the session from 6 to 9 April in Prague (Czech Republic) | 14 | | Annex III —	Annex of the sitting of Monday, 6 April 2009 | 18 | | Annex IV —	Resolutions adopted | 19 | | —	Resolution on challenges to the democratic accommodation of ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in ACP and EU countries | 19 | | —	Resolution on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and their impact on ACP States | 24 | | —	Resolution on the social and environmental consequences of climate change in the ACP countries | 31 | | —	Resolution on the role of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement in addressing the food and financial crisis in ACP countries | 38 | | —	Resolution on Establishing and promoting peace, security, stability and governance in Somalia | 43 | EN | |
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