# Official Journal C 136/2006

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 499 June 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 136

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 499 June 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 10th session was held in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) from 21 to 24 November 2005. |
| 2006/C 136/1 | Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 21 November 2005 | 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/3803/05)


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


  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.)


  Urgent topic 1: Situation in West Africa |
| 2006/C 136/2 | Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 22 November 2005 | 4 |
| Substitutes


  Report by Louis-Claude Nyassa (Cameroon) and Nirj Deva, on behalf of the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade, on agricultural and mining commodities (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.)


  Urgent topic No 2: Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH) |
| 2006/C 136/3 | Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 23 November 2005 | 5 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Monday, 21 November 2005


  Statement by Mr Gareth Thomas, Under-Secretary of State in the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), President-in-Office of the EU Council


  Statement by Mr Roger-Marie Rafanomezantsoa, Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Development of the Private Sector (Madagascar), President-in-Office of the ACP Council


  Question Time — Council


  Debate with the Council, including the prevention of and the fight against avian flu in Africa


  Report by Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mauro Zani, on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, on the role of national parliaments in the implementation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.)


  Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Tuesday, 22 November 2005


  Address by The Rt. Hon. Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland, followed by a debate


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


  Question Time — Commission


  Debate with the Commission


  Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the ninth session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Bamako (Mali) |
| 2006/C 136/4 | Minutes of the sitting of Thursday 24 November 2005 | 8 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of the morning and afternoon sittings of Wednesday, 23 November 2005


  Report on the activities of the economic and social partners


  Summary reports from the workshops


  Debate (without resolution) on immigration into the European Union, including the presentation of a declaration by the ACP Parliamentary Assembly


  Votes on the motions for resolution in the reports by the three standing committees and urgent motions for resolutions


  Other business


  Date and place of the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
| Annex I   Alphabetical list of members of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 10 |
| Annex II   Record of attendance at the session from 21 to 24 November in Edinburgh | 13 |
| Annex III   Resolutions adopted | 17 |

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Contents

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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 10th session was held in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) from 21 to 24 November 2005.

2006/C 136/1

Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 21 November 2005

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/3803/05)

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

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.)

Urgent topic 1: Situation in West Africa

2006/C 136/2

Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 22 November 2005

4

Substitutes

Report by Louis-Claude Nyassa (Cameroon) and Nirj Deva, on behalf of the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade, on agricultural and mining commodities (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.)

Urgent topic No 2: Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH)

2006/C 136/3

Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 23 November 2005

5

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Monday, 21 November 2005

Statement by Mr Gareth Thomas, Under-Secretary of State in the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), President-in-Office of the EU Council

Statement by Mr Roger-Marie Rafanomezantsoa, Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Development of the Private Sector (Madagascar), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

Question Time — Council

Debate with the Council, including the prevention of and the fight against avian flu in Africa

Report by Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mauro Zani, on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, on the role of national parliaments in the implementation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.)

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Tuesday, 22 November 2005

Address by The Rt. Hon. Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland, followed by a debate

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

Question Time — Commission

Debate with the Commission

Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the ninth session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Bamako (Mali)

2006/C 136/4

Minutes of the sitting of Thursday 24 November 2005

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Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of the morning and afternoon sittings of Wednesday, 23 November 2005

Report on the activities of the economic and social partners

Summary reports from the workshops

Debate (without resolution) on immigration into the European Union, including the presentation of a declaration by the ACP Parliamentary Assembly

Votes on the motions for resolution in the reports by the three standing committees and urgent motions for resolutions

Other business

Date and place of the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Annex I   Alphabetical list of members of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

10

Annex II   Record of attendance at the session from 21 to 24 November in Edinburgh

13

Annex III   Resolutions adopted

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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 10th session was held in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) from 21 to 24 November 2005.

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MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2005

(2006/C 136/01)

(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.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

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:

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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.)

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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MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF TUESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2005

(2006/C 136/02)

(The sitting opened at 9.10 a.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs HAY WEBSTER

Co-President

1.   Substitutes

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

2.   Report by Louis-Claude Nyassa (Cameroon) and Nirj Deva, on behalf of the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade, on agricultural and mining commodities (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.)

Mrs Lulling, on behalf of Mr Deva, co-rapporteur, and Mr Nyassa, co-rapporteur, introduced the report.

Speakers: Lulling (for Deva, co-rapporteur), Nyassa, co-rapporteur (Cameroon), Ramotar (Guyana), Cornillet, Sebetela (Botswana), Aubert, Dlamini (Swaziland), Top (Guinea), Coye (Jamaica), Zaleski, Cavuilati (Fiji), Jardim Fernandes, Deerpalsing (Mauritius), McAvan, Nyan-Alaboson (The Gambia), Akpovi (Benin), Lehideux, Sithole (Mozambique), Conteh (Sierra Leone), François (Saint Lucia), van den Berg, Osei-Prempeh (Ghana), Malin (European Commission), Pleguezuelos Aguilar and Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali).

Mrs Lulling and Mr Nyassa (Cameroon) wound up the debate.

The Co-Presidents would send a letter to the President-in-Office of the EU Council (Development) expressing the Assembly's dissatisfaction at the reform of the EC sugar regime and its concerns about the EU's legal commitment under the Sugar Protocol and the Action Plan.

3.   Urgent topic No 2: Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH)

Speakers: Bowis, Sithole (South Africa), Scheele, Sebetela (Botswana), Ek, Dlamini (Swaziland), Schnellhardt, Nambahu (Namibia), McAvan, Prescod (Barbados), Mayer, Goebbels, Masilo-Motsamai (Lesotho) and Malin (European Commission).

Mr Bowis and Mr Sithole (South Africa) wound up the debate.

(The sitting closed at 12.20 p.m.)

Sharon HAY WEBSTER and

Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Sir John KAPUTIN and

Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries-General

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MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2005

(2006/C 136/03)

(The sitting opened at 9.10 a.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

1.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: van den Berg (for Bullman), Goebbels (for Rosati) and Schröder (for Coelho).

2.   Approval of the minutes of Monday, 21 November 2005

The minutes were approved.

3.   Statement by Mr Gareth Thomas, Under-Secretary of State in the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), President-in-Office of the EU Council

Mr Thomas made a statement on behalf of the EU Council on EU development policy and the subjects on the Joint Parliamentary Assembly agenda.

4.   Statement by Mr Roger-Marie Rafanomezantsoa, Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Development of the Private Sector (Madagascar), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

Mr Rafanomezantsoa spoke on the current relevant issues in the relationship between the ACP and the EU.

5.   Question Time — Council

Three questions were put to the ACP Council of Ministers.

Mr Rafanomezantsoa replied to the following questions:

| | Question No 1 by Mr Zani on support for parliaments in the ACP countries; |
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Question No 1 by Mr Zani on support for parliaments in the ACP countries;

| | Question No 2 by Mrs Deerpalsing (Mauritius) on the facility for natural disasters; |
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Question No 2 by Mrs Deerpalsing (Mauritius) on the facility for natural disasters;

| | Question No 3 by Mr Faure (Seychelles) on the Association of Parliamentarians from the Member States of the Indian Ocean Commission. |
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Question No 3 by Mr Faure (Seychelles) on the Association of Parliamentarians from the Member States of the Indian Ocean Commission.

Thirteen questions were put to the European Union Council of Ministers.

Mr Thomas replied to the questions and to the following supplementary questions:

| | Question No 5 by Mrs Carlotti and Mr Dawaleh (Djibouti) on the amount of the multiannual financial framework under the Cotonou Agreement; |
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Question No 5 by Mrs Carlotti and Mr Dawaleh (Djibouti) on the amount of the multiannual financial framework under the Cotonou Agreement;

| | Question No 7 by Mr Bowis on debt relief; |
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Question No 7 by Mr Bowis on debt relief;

| | Question No 10 by Mr Arif and Mrs Van Lancker on EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements; |
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Question No 10 by Mr Arif and Mrs Van Lancker on EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements;

| | Question No 11 by Mr Lehideux on sugar protocol measures to assist ACP countries affected by the reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar; |
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Question No 11 by Mr Lehideux on sugar protocol measures to assist ACP countries affected by the reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar;

| | Question No 13 by Mr Van Hecke on election observation missions; |
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Question No 13 by Mr Van Hecke on election observation missions;

| | Question No 16 by Mr Mitchell on development and security goals; |
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Question No 16 by Mr Mitchell on development and security goals;

| | Question No 14 by Mr Gahler on the coherence of the EU and its Member States in foreign, security and development policy; |
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Question No 14 by Mr Gahler on the coherence of the EU and its Member States in foreign, security and development policy;

| | Question No 17 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali) and the representatives of the ECOWAS Member States on peace and stability; |
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Question No 17 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali) and the representatives of the ECOWAS Member States on peace and stability;

| | Question No 4 by Mr Weldegiorgis (Eritrea) on peace, development and Cotonou; |
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Question No 4 by Mr Weldegiorgis (Eritrea) on peace, development and Cotonou;

| | Question No 20 by Mr Toga (Ethiopia) on the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary dispute; |
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Question No 20 by Mr Toga (Ethiopia) on the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary dispute;

| | Question No 18 by Mr Jardim Fernandes on measures to assist civil society in Zimbabwe. |
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Question No 18 by Mr Jardim Fernandes on measures to assist civil society in Zimbabwe.

The following questions were not followed by supplementary ones:

| | Question No 9 by Mr Geingob (Namibia) on the adoption of a development benchmark approach by the EU Council for the comprehensive and formal EPA review in 2006; |
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Question No 9 by Mr Geingob (Namibia) on the adoption of a development benchmark approach by the EU Council for the comprehensive and formal EPA review in 2006;

| | Question No 19 by Mr Faure (Seychelles) on support for small island states. |
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Question No 19 by Mr Faure (Seychelles) on support for small island states.

The authors of questions Nos 12 and 15 were not present.

6.   Debate with the Council, including the prevention of and the fight against avian flu in Africa

Debate with the European Union Council of Ministers

The following spoke: Deerpalsing (Mauritius), Gahler, Ramotar (Guyana), van den Berg, Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Thomas (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Schnellhardt, Kamuntu (Uganda) and Jardim Fernandes.

Debate with the ACP Council of Ministers

The following spoke: Sidi Ould Khalifa (Mauritania), Van Lancker, Weldegiorgis (Eritrea), Toga (Ethiopia), Bowis, Faure (Seychelles), Martínez Martínez and Haug.

7.   Report by Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mauro Zani, on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, on the role of national parliaments in the implementation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.)

Mr Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mr Zani presented their report.

The following spoke: Gahler, Conteh (Sierra Leone), Martínez Martínez, Van Hecke, Faure (Seychelles), Kaczmarek, Mitchell, Alma Oumarou (Niger), Aubert, Aimo (Papua New Guinea), Jöns, Mzembi (Zimbabwe), Poghisio (Kenya), van den Berg and Nambahu (Namibia).

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs HAY WEBSTER

Co-President

The following spoke: Sithole (Mozambique), Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Polisi (Rwanda), Nduwimana (Burundi) and Richelle (European Commission).

Mr Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mr Zani wound up the debate.

(The sitting closed at 1.10 p.m. and resumed at 3.14 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs HAY WEBSTER

Co-President

8.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: van den Berg (for Bullmann), Goebbels (for Rosati), Schröder (for Coelho), Bushill-Matthews (for López-Istúriz White) and Hutchinson (for Grabowska).

9.   Approval of the minutes of Tuesday, 22 November 2005

The minutes were approved.

The following spoke: Osei-Prempeh (Ghana).

10.   Address by The Rt. Hon. Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland, followed by a debate

Mr McConnell made a statement.

The following spoke: Akpovi (Benin), Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), McAvan, Kamutu (Uganda), van den Berg, Sebetela (Botswana), Bowis, Bereaux (Trinidad and Tobago), Van Lancker and Deerpalsing (Mauritius).

Mr McConnell responded to the debate.

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

Mr Michel gave an address on behalf of the European Commission.

12.   Question Time — Commission

Twenty-nine questions were put to the Commission.

Mr Michel replied to the questions in writing and gave oral replies to supplementary questions by the following authors:

| | Question No 1 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali) on famine and food security; |
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Question No 1 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali) on famine and food security;

| | Question No 2 by Mr Jardim Fernandes on EU food aid and food security measures in the context of the Millennium Development Goals; |
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Question No 2 by Mr Jardim Fernandes on EU food aid and food security measures in the context of the Millennium Development Goals;

| | Question No 5 by Mr Mitchell on debt forgiveness; |
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Question No 5 by Mr Mitchell on debt forgiveness;

| | Question No 6 by Mr Bowis on diabetes; |
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Question No 6 by Mr Bowis on diabetes;

| | Question No 7 by Mr Schlyter on neglected diseases; |
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Question No 7 by Mr Schlyter on neglected diseases;

| | Question No 9 by Mr Martínez Martínez on the European Union conference on immigration; |
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Question No 9 by Mr Martínez Martínez on the European Union conference on immigration;

| | Question No 10 by Mrs Carlotti on partnership on immigration in the context of the 'strategy for Africa'; |
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Question No 10 by Mrs Carlotti on partnership on immigration in the context of the 'strategy for Africa';

| | Question No 28 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali) on budgetisation of the EDF; |
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Question No 28 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali) on budgetisation of the EDF;

| | Question No 13 by Mrs Van Lancker on financial aid; |
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Question No 13 by Mrs Van Lancker on financial aid;

| | Question No 15 by Mr Weldegiorgis (Eritrea) on demarcation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary; |
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Question No 15 by Mr Weldegiorgis (Eritrea) on demarcation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary;

| | Question No 27 by Mr Toga (Ethiopia) on the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary dispute; |
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Question No 27 by Mr Toga (Ethiopia) on the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary dispute;

| | Question No 16 by Mr Van Hecke on Burundi; |
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Question No 16 by Mr Van Hecke on Burundi;

| | Question No 18 by Mr Faure (Seychelles) on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities; |
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Question No 18 by Mr Faure (Seychelles) on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities;

| | Question No 23 by Mrs Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on oil revenues; |
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Question No 23 by Mrs Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on oil revenues;

| | Question No 19 by Mr Rodgers (Suriname) on bananas; |
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Question No 19 by Mr Rodgers (Suriname) on bananas;

| | Question No 20 by Mrs McAvan on the banana regime; |
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Question No 20 by Mrs McAvan on the banana regime;

| | Question No 21 by Mr Cornillet (replacing Mr Lehideux) on Sugar Protocol measures to assist ACP countries affected by the reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar; |
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Question No 21 by Mr Cornillet (replacing Mr Lehideux) on Sugar Protocol measures to assist ACP countries affected by the reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar;

| | Question No 22 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), also on behalf of the representatives of Benin and Burkina Faso, on cotton. |
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Question No 22 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), also on behalf of the representatives of Benin and Burkina Faso, on cotton.

The following questions were not followed by supplementary ones:

| | Question No 4 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Niger and Chad on locust plagues; |
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Question No 4 by Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Niger and Chad on locust plagues;

| | Question No 3 by Mr Gahler on food security; |
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Question No 3 by Mr Gahler on food security;

| | Question No 26 by Mr Verges on the outermost regions and neighbouring ACP countries. |
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Question No 26 by Mr Verges on the outermost regions and neighbouring ACP countries.

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The authors of questions Nos 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 24, 25 and 29 were not present.

13.   Debate with the Commission

The following spoke: Gahler, Deerpalsing (Mauritius), Ramotar (Guyana), Deva, Akpovi (Benin), Van Lancker, Weldegiorgis (Eritrea), Jardim Fernandes, Nduwimana (Burundi), Alma (Niger), Mitchell, van den Berg, Dawaleh (Djibouti), Kamuntu (Uganda), Masilo-Motsamai (Lesotho), Cavuilati (Fiji), Faure (Seychelles) and Hay Webster.

Mr Michel responded to the debate.

14.   Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the ninth session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Bamako (Mali)

The Commissioner referred to a document that had been distributed detailing the follow-up by the Commission to the resolutions adopted in Bamako.

The following spoke: Jardim Fernandes.

The Commissioner responded.

(The sitting closed at 7.10 p.m.)

Sharon HAY WEBSTER and

Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Sir John KAPUTIN and

Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries-General

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MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2005

(2006/C 136/04)

(The sitting opened at 9.15 a.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

1.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: van den Berg (for Bullman), Bushill-Matthews (for López-Istúriz White), Goebbels (for Rosati), Hutchinson (for Grabowska), Purvis (for Sartori), Schröder (for Coelho) and Zaleski (for Langendries).

2.   Approval of the minutes of the morning and afternoon sittings of Wednesday, 23 November 2005

The minutes were approved.

3.   Report on the activities of the economic and social partners

Speaker: Vever (ACP-EU monitoring committee)

4.   Summary reports from the workshops

| — | Mr Schröder reported on ‘Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on health through research and development’; |
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Mr Schröder reported on ‘Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on health through research and development’;

| — | Mr Prescod (Barbados) reported on ‘Putting the environment to work: eco-tourism and sustainable energy’; |
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Mr Prescod (Barbados) reported on ‘Putting the environment to work: eco-tourism and sustainable energy’;

| — | Mr Jardim Fernandes reported on ‘Fisheries and fish processing: EU policies and standards’. |
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Mr Jardim Fernandes reported on ‘Fisheries and fish processing: EU policies and standards’.

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs HAY WEBSTER

Co-President

5.   Debate (without resolution) on immigration into the European Union, including the presentation of a declaration by the ACP Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali) presented the declaration.

Speakers: Aimo (Papua New Guinea), Thomas (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Akpovi (Benin), Sebetela (Botswana), van den Berg, Osei-Prempeh (Ghana), Martínez Martínez, Ramotar (Guyana) and the Co-President.

Decision: Referred to the Committee on Political Affairs, which would decide whether to draw up a report.

(The sitting adjourned at 10.20 a.m. and resumed at 10.33 a.m.)

6.   Votes on the motions for resolution in the reports by the three standing committees and urgent motions for resolutions

| — | Report on the role of national parliaments in implementing the Cotonou Partnership Agreement — Committee on Political Affairs (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.)
  Co-rapporteurs: Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mauro Zani
  Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 7 were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unanimously. |
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Report on the role of national parliaments in implementing the Cotonou Partnership Agreement — Committee on Political Affairs (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.)

Co-rapporteurs: Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mauro Zani

Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 7 were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unanimously.

| — | Report on the causes and consequences of natural disasters — Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment (ACP-EU 3802/05/fin.)
  Co-rapporteurs: Barry Faure (Seychelles) and Fiona Hall
  Amendments 1 to 6 and Amendment 7 (with an oral amendment) were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unanimously. |
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Report on the causes and consequences of natural disasters — Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment (ACP-EU 3802/05/fin.)

Co-rapporteurs: Barry Faure (Seychelles) and Fiona Hall

Amendments 1 to 6 and Amendment 7 (with an oral amendment) were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unanimously.

| — | Urgent motion for a resolution on the situation in West Africa (ACP-EU 3832/05/fin.) |
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Urgent motion for a resolution on the situation in West Africa (ACP-EU 3832/05/fin.)

Speakers: Carlotti and Gahler (point of order)

| | Amendments 1, 4 (first part) and 6 (second part) and oral amendments to paragraph 8 and paragraph 9 (first part: adopted, second part: part of sentence deleted, and third part: adopted) were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention. |
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Amendments 1, 4 (first part) and 6 (second part) and oral amendments to paragraph 8 and paragraph 9 (first part: adopted, second part: part of sentence deleted, and third part: adopted) were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention.

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

| — | Urgent motion for a resolution on registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH) (ACP-EU 3833/05/fin.)
  Amendment 1 was adopted. The amended resolution was adopted with a majority in favour and two votes against. |
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Urgent motion for a resolution on registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH) (ACP-EU 3833/05/fin.)

Amendment 1 was adopted. The amended resolution was adopted with a majority in favour and two votes against.

| — | Report on agricultural and mining commodities — Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.)
  Co-rapporteurs: Louis-Claude Nyassa (Cameroon) and Nirj Deva
  Amendments 1, 3, 4, 6, Compromise Amendment 1 and the oral amendments to recitals F, G, I, M, P, Q, T, Y and to paragraphs 1, 3, 6, 13a (new), 14a (new), 16 and 18 were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention. |
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Report on agricultural and mining commodities — Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.)

Co-rapporteurs: Louis-Claude Nyassa (Cameroon) and Nirj Deva

Amendments 1, 3, 4, 6, Compromise Amendment 1 and the oral amendments to recitals F, G, I, M, P, Q, T, Y and to paragraphs 1, 3, 6, 13a (new), 14a (new), 16 and 18 were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention.

Speakers: Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Gahler and Deva.

7.   Other business

The EU Co-President thanked the outgoing ACP Co-President, Mrs Sharon Hay Webster, for her exceptional work as Co-President.

The EU Co-President also thanked Mr Paul Malin (European Commission) for his excellent work in support of the JPA's work.

The Co-Presidents particularly thanked Mr John Edward of the European Parliament's Edinburgh office for his contribution to the excellent organisation of the JPA session in Edinburgh.

Mr Kamotho (Kenya) made a statement on the referendum in his country and the outcome.

Mr Mannah (Liberia) made a statement on the elections in his country and the new President.

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs HAY WEBSTER

Co-President

The Co-President announced the name of the next ACP Co-President: Mr Georges Rawiri (Gabon).

The new membership of the Bureau was as follows: Gabon (Co-President), Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, Niue, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Swaziland and Zambia.

8.   Date and place of the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The next meetings of the committees and Bureau would be held during the week of 20 February 2006.

The 11th session would be held from 16 to 23 June 2006 in Vienna (Austria).

(The sitting closed at 11.30 a.m.)

Sharon HAY WEBSTER and

Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Sir John KAPUTIN and

Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries General

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ANNEX I

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

| ACP Representatives | EP Representatives |
| --- | --- |
| HAY WEBSTER (JAMAICA), Co-President | KINNOCK, Co-President |
| BARBADOS, (VP) | GAHLER (VP) |
| CONGO (Republic of the), (VP) | MANTOVANI (VP) |
| DJIBOUTI, (VP) | VERGES (VP) |
| FIJI, (VP) | CARLOTTI (VP) |
| GABON, (VP) | MITCHELL (VP) |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, (VP) | JOAN I MARÍ (VP) |
| SIERRA LEONE, (VP) | LULLING (VP) |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS, (VP) | KAMIŃSKI (VP) |
| SOUTH AFRICA, (VP) | CORNILLET (VP) |
| SWAZILAND (VP) | MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP) |
| TOGO, (VP) | BOWIS (VP) |
| UGANDA, (VP) | GOUDIN (VP) |
| ANGOLA | AGNOLETTO |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | ALLISTER |
| BAHAMAS | ARIF |
| BELIZE | AUBERT |
| BENIN | AYLWARD |
| BOTSWANA | BEREND |
| BURKINA FASO | BULLMANN |
| BURUNDI | BUSK |
| CAMEROON | CALLANAN |
| CAPE VERDE | COELHO |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | DEVA |
| CHAD | DILLEN |
| COMOROS | DOBOLYI |
| CONGO (Democratic Republic of the) | DOMBROVSKIS |
| COOK ISLANDS | EK |
| CÔTE D'IVOIRE | Jardim FERNANDES |
| DOMINICA | FERREIRA |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | GAUBERT |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | GOMES |
| ERITREA | GRABOWSKA |
| ETHIOPIA | GRÖNER |
| GAMBIA | HALL |
| GHANA | HAUG |
| GRENADA | HERRANZ GARCÍA |
| GUINEA | JÖNS |
| GUINEA-BISSAU | KACZMAREK |
| GUYANA | KORHOLA |
| HAITI | KOZLÍK |
| KENYA | KUŁAKOWSKI |
| KIRIBATI | LANGENDRIES |
| LESOTHO | LEHIDEUX |
| LIBERIA | LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE |
| MADAGASCAR | LOUIS |
| MALAWI | McAVAN |
| MALI | MARTENS |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of the) | MAYER |
| MAURITANIA | MORILLON |
| MAURITIUS | NOVAK |
| MICRONESIA (Federated States of) | PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR |
| MOZAMBIQUE | POLFER |
| NAMIBIA | RIBEIRO E CASTRO |
| NAURU (Republic of) | ROITHOVÁ |
| NIGER | ROSATI |
| NIGERIA | SARTORI |
| NIUE | SCHEELE |
| PALAU | SCHLYTER |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | SCHMIDT |
| RWANDA | SCHNELLHARDT |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | SCHWAB |
| SAINT LUCIA | SJÖSTEDT |
| SAMOA | SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ |
| SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE | SPERONI |
| SENEGAL | STURDY |
| SEYCHELLES | VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO |
| SOMALIA | VAN HECKE |
| SUDAN | VAN LANCKER |
| SURINAME | de VILLIERS |
| TANZANIA | WHITEHEAD |
| TONGA | WIELAND |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | WIJKMAN |
| TUVALU | WURTZ |
| VANUATU | ZÁBORSKÁ |
| ZAMBIA | ZANI |
| ZIMBABWE | ZĪLE |

ACP Representatives

EP Representatives

HAY WEBSTER (JAMAICA), Co-President

KINNOCK, Co-President

BARBADOS, (VP)

GAHLER (VP)

CONGO (Republic of the), (VP)

MANTOVANI (VP)

DJIBOUTI, (VP)

VERGES (VP)

FIJI, (VP)

CARLOTTI (VP)

GABON, (VP)

MITCHELL (VP)

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, (VP)

JOAN I MARÍ (VP)

SIERRA LEONE, (VP)

LULLING (VP)

SOLOMON ISLANDS, (VP)

KAMIŃSKI (VP)

SOUTH AFRICA, (VP)

CORNILLET (VP)

SWAZILAND (VP)

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP)

TOGO, (VP)

BOWIS (VP)

UGANDA, (VP)

GOUDIN (VP)

ANGOLA

AGNOLETTO

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ALLISTER

BAHAMAS

ARIF

BELIZE

AUBERT

BENIN

AYLWARD

BOTSWANA

BEREND

BURKINA FASO

BULLMANN

BURUNDI

BUSK

CAMEROON

CALLANAN

CAPE VERDE

COELHO

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

DEVA

CHAD

DILLEN

COMOROS

DOBOLYI

CONGO (Democratic Republic of the)

DOMBROVSKIS

COOK ISLANDS

EK

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Jardim FERNANDES

DOMINICA

FERREIRA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

GAUBERT

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GOMES

ERITREA

GRABOWSKA

ETHIOPIA

GRÖNER

GAMBIA

HALL

GHANA

HAUG

GRENADA

HERRANZ GARCÍA

GUINEA

JÖNS

GUINEA-BISSAU

KACZMAREK

GUYANA

KORHOLA

HAITI

KOZLÍK

KENYA

KUŁAKOWSKI

KIRIBATI

LANGENDRIES

LESOTHO

LEHIDEUX

LIBERIA

LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

MADAGASCAR

LOUIS

MALAWI

McAVAN

MALI

MARTENS

MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of the)

MAYER

MAURITANIA

MORILLON

MAURITIUS

NOVAK

MICRONESIA (Federated States of)

PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR

MOZAMBIQUE

POLFER

NAMIBIA

RIBEIRO E CASTRO

NAURU (Republic of)

ROITHOVÁ

NIGER

ROSATI

NIGERIA

SARTORI

NIUE

SCHEELE

PALAU

SCHLYTER

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SCHMIDT

RWANDA

SCHNELLHARDT

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

SCHWAB

SAINT LUCIA

SJÖSTEDT

SAMOA

SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

SPERONI

SENEGAL

STURDY

SEYCHELLES

VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO

SOMALIA

VAN HECKE

SUDAN

VAN LANCKER

SURINAME

de VILLIERS

TANZANIA

WHITEHEAD

TONGA

WIELAND

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

WIJKMAN

TUVALU

WURTZ

VANUATU

ZÁBORSKÁ

ZAMBIA

ZANI

ZIMBABWE

ZĪLE

COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS

| ACP Members | EP Members |
| --- | --- |
| NABUKA (FIJI), Co-Chairman | CALLANAN, Co-Chairman |
| NAHIMANA (BURUNDI), VC | JÖNS, VC |
| LUTUNDULA (CONGO, Democratic Republic of the),VC | POLFER, VC |
| ANGOLA | CARLOTTI |
| BELIZE | COELHO |
| BENIN | DILLEN |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | DOBOLYI |
| COOK ISLANDS | GAHLER |
| DJIBOUTI | GOMES |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | GRABOWSKA |
| GRENADA | GRÖNER |
| GUINEA | HERRANZ GARCÍA |
| GUYANA | JONCKHEER |
| LIBERIA | KACZMAREK |
| MAURITANIA | KAMINSKI |
| NAMIBIA | LANGENDRIES |
| NIGERIA | LÓPEZ ISTÚRIZ |
| NIUE | LOUIS |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | MANTOVANI |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ |
| SUDAN | MORILLON |
| SURINAME | SARTORI |
| TOGO | VAN HECKE |
| TUVALU | WIELAND |
| UGANDA | WURTZ |
| ZIMBABWE | ZANI |

ACP Members

EP Members

NABUKA (FIJI), Co-Chairman

CALLANAN, Co-Chairman

NAHIMANA (BURUNDI), VC

JÖNS, VC

LUTUNDULA (CONGO, Democratic Republic of the),VC

POLFER, VC

ANGOLA

CARLOTTI

BELIZE

COELHO

BENIN

DILLEN

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

DOBOLYI

COOK ISLANDS

GAHLER

DJIBOUTI

GOMES

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GRABOWSKA

GRENADA

GRÖNER

GUINEA

HERRANZ GARCÍA

GUYANA

JONCKHEER

LIBERIA

KACZMAREK

MAURITANIA

KAMINSKI

NAMIBIA

LANGENDRIES

NIGERIA

LÓPEZ ISTÚRIZ

NIUE

LOUIS

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

MANTOVANI

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

SUDAN

MORILLON

SURINAME

SARTORI

TOGO

VAN HECKE

TUVALU

WIELAND

UGANDA

WURTZ

ZIMBABWE

ZANI

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND TRADE

| ACP Members | EP Members |
| --- | --- |
| ASSARID IMBARCAOUANE (MALI), Co-Chairman | SCHLYTER, Co-Chairman |
| FRANCOIS (SAINT LUCIA), VC | DOMBROVSKIS, VC |
| CHULUMANDA (ZAMBIA), VC | RIBEIRO E CASTRO, VC |
| BOTSWANA | AGNOLETTO |
| CAMEROON | BEREND |
| CONGO (Republic of the) | BULLMANN |
| CÔTE D'IVOIRE | BUSK |
| DOMINICA | CORNILLET |
| ERITREA | DEVA |
| ETHIOPIA | FERREIRA |
| GABON | GAUBERT |
| GHANA | JOAN I MARI |
| JAMAICA | KINNOCK |
| KENYA | KOZLÍK |
| MAURITIUS | LEHIDEUX |
| MICRONESIA (Federal States of) | LULLING |
| PALAU | MAYER |
| SAMOA | McAVAN |
| SENEGAL | MITCHELL |
| SIERRA LEONE | PLEGUEZUELOS |
| SOUTH AFRICA | ROSATI |
| SWAZILAND | SPERONI |
| TANZANIA | STURDY |
| TONGA | VAN LANCKER |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | de VILLIERS |
| | ZĪLE |

ACP Members

EP Members

ASSARID IMBARCAOUANE (MALI), Co-Chairman

SCHLYTER, Co-Chairman

FRANCOIS (SAINT LUCIA), VC

DOMBROVSKIS, VC

CHULUMANDA (ZAMBIA), VC

RIBEIRO E CASTRO, VC

BOTSWANA

AGNOLETTO

CAMEROON

BEREND

CONGO (Republic of the)

BULLMANN

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

BUSK

DOMINICA

CORNILLET

ERITREA

DEVA

ETHIOPIA

FERREIRA

GABON

GAUBERT

GHANA

JOAN I MARI

JAMAICA

KINNOCK

KENYA

KOZLÍK

MAURITIUS

LEHIDEUX

MICRONESIA (Federal States of)

LULLING

PALAU

MAYER

SAMOA

McAVAN

SENEGAL

MITCHELL

SIERRA LEONE

PLEGUEZUELOS

SOUTH AFRICA

ROSATI

SWAZILAND

SPERONI

TANZANIA

STURDY

TONGA

VAN LANCKER

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

de VILLIERS

ZĪLE

COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

| ACP Members | EP Members |
| --- | --- |
| POLISI (RWANDA), Co-Chairman | SCHEELE, Co-Chairwoman |
| ALMA (NIGER), VC | NOVAK, VC |
| SANGA (SOLOMON ISLANDS), VC | ARIF, VC |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | ALLISTER |
| BAHAMAS | AUBERT |
| BARBADOS | AYLWARD |
| BURKINA FASO | BOWIS |
| CAPE VERDE | EK |
| CHAD | FERNANDES |
| COMOROS | GOUDIN |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | HALL |
| GAMBIA | HAUG |
| GUINEA BISSAU | KORHOLA |
| KIRIBATI | KUŁAKOWSKI |
| LESOTHO | MARTENS |
| MADAGASCAR | ROITHOVA |
| MALAWI | SCHNELLHARDT |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of) | SCHWAB |
| MOZAMBIQUE | SJÖSTEDT |
| NAURU | SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO |
| SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE | VERGES |
| SEYCHELLES | WHITEHEAD |
| SOMALIA | WIJKMAN |
| VANUATU | ZÁBORSKÁ |

ACP Members

EP Members

POLISI (RWANDA), Co-Chairman

SCHEELE, Co-Chairwoman

ALMA (NIGER), VC

NOVAK, VC

SANGA (SOLOMON ISLANDS), VC

ARIF, VC

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ALLISTER

BAHAMAS

AUBERT

BARBADOS

AYLWARD

BURKINA FASO

BOWIS

CAPE VERDE

EK

CHAD

FERNANDES

COMOROS

GOUDIN

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

HALL

GAMBIA

HAUG

GUINEA BISSAU

KORHOLA

KIRIBATI

KUŁAKOWSKI

LESOTHO

MARTENS

MADAGASCAR

ROITHOVA

MALAWI

SCHNELLHARDT

MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of)

SCHWAB

MOZAMBIQUE

SJÖSTEDT

NAURU

SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO

SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE

VERGES

SEYCHELLES

WHITEHEAD

SOMALIA

WIJKMAN

VANUATU

ZÁBORSKÁ

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ANNEX II

RECORD OF ATTENDANCE AT THE SESSION FROM 21 TO 24 NOVEMBER IN EDINBURGH

| HAY WEBSTER (Jamaica, Co-President) | KINNOCK, Co-President |
| --- | --- |
| DE SOUSA (Angola) | AUBERT (2)
   (4)
   (5) |
| PRESCOD (Barbados) | AYLWARD (2)
   (3) |
| AKPOVI (Benin) | BEREND |
| SEBETELA (Botswana) | VAN DEN BERG (for BULLMANN) |
| TAPSOBA (Burkina Faso) | BOWIS (VP) |
| NDUWIMANA (Burundi) | BUSHILL-MATTHEWS (for LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE) (4)
   (5) |
| NYASSA (Cameroon) | CALLANAN (3)
   (4)
   (5) |
| KAGUER DARBO (Chad) | CARLOTTI (VP) |
| BOUNKOULOU (Congo, Republic of the) | CORNILLET (VP) (3)
   (4)
   (5) |
| LUTUNDULA (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) | CZARNECKI (for KOZLÍK) (2)
   (3) |
| TATUAVA (Cook Islands) | DEVA (4)
   (5) |
| AMON-AGO (Côte d'Ivoire) | DILLEN (2)
   (3) |
| DAWALEH (Djibouti) | DOMBROVSKIS (2) |
| SAVARIN (Dominica) | EK (2) |
| REYES AGLON (Dominican Republic) | FERNANDES |
| NGUEMA OWONO (Equatorial Guinea) | GAHLER (VP) |
| WELDEGIORGIS (Eritrea) | GOEBBELS (for ROSATI) |
| TOGA (Ethiopia) | GOMES (2)
   (3) |
| CAVUILATI (Fiji) (1) | GOUDIN (VP) (2)
   (4)
   (5) |
| RAWIRI (Gabon) | HALL (2)
   (5) |
| NYAN-ALABOSON (Gambia (1)) | HAUG |
| OSEI-PREMPEH (Ghana) | HUTCHINSON (for GRABOWSKA) (4)
   (5) |
| TOP (Guinea) | JOAN I MARÍ (VP) |
| RAMOTAR (Guyana) | JÖNS |
| KAMOTHO (Kenya) | KACZMAREK |
| MASILO-MOTSAMAI (Lesotho) (1) | KAMIŃSKI (VP) (3) |
| MANNAH (Liberia) | KORHOLA (2)
   (4)
   (5) |
| FANJAVA (Madagascar) | KUŁAKOWSKI (2) |
| MATOLA (Malawi) | LEHIDEUX (2)
   (3)
   (4) |
| ASSARID IMBARCAOUANE (Mali) | LULLING (VP) |
| OULD KHALIFA (Mauritania) | McAVAN |
| DEERPALSING (Mauritius) | MARTENS (VP) |
| SITHOLE (Mozambique) | MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP) |
| GEINGOB (Namibia) | MAYER |
| ALMA (Niger) | MITCHELL (VP) (4)
   (5) |
| BAWA BWARI (Nigeria) | NOVAK |
| TALAGI (Niue) | PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR (2)
   (3)
   (4) |
| AIMO (Papua New Guinea) | POLFER (2)
   (3) |
| POLISI (Rwanda) | PURVIS (for SARTORI) (5) |
| FRANÇOIS (Saint Lucia) | RIBEIRO E CASTRO |
| THOMAS (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) (1) | SCHEELE |
| COSTA DOS PRAZARES (São Tomé e Príncipe) | SCHLYTER (4)
   (5) |
| BARRY (Senegal) | SCHNELLHARDT (2)
   (3)
   (4) |
| FAURE (Seychelles) | SCHRÖDER (for COELHO) |
| CONTEH (Sierra Leone) | SCHWAB (2) |
| LENI (Solomon Islands) | SPERONI (4)
   (5) |
| SITHOLE (South Africa) | VAN HECKE |
| BADRI (Sudan) | VAN LANCKER |
| HIWAT (Suriname) (1) | VERGES (VP) (2)
   (3)
   (4) |
| DLAMINI (Swaziland) | ZÁBORSKÁ (2)
   (3) |
| MPOROGOMYI (Tanzania) | ZALESKI (for LANGENDRIES) (3)
   (5) |
| KPADE (Togo) | ZANI |
| BEREAUX (Trinidad and Tobago) | ZĪLE (2) |
| KAMUNTU (Uganda) | |
| CHULUMANDA (Zambia) | |
| MZEMBI (Zimbabwe) | |

HAY WEBSTER (Jamaica, Co-President)

KINNOCK, Co-President

DE SOUSA (Angola)

AUBERT (2)
   (4)
   (5)

PRESCOD (Barbados)

AYLWARD (2)
   (3)

AKPOVI (Benin)

BEREND

SEBETELA (Botswana)

VAN DEN BERG (for BULLMANN)

TAPSOBA (Burkina Faso)

BOWIS (VP)

NDUWIMANA (Burundi)

BUSHILL-MATTHEWS (for LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE) (4)
   (5)

NYASSA (Cameroon)

CALLANAN (3)
   (4)
   (5)

KAGUER DARBO (Chad)

CARLOTTI (VP)

BOUNKOULOU (Congo, Republic of the)

CORNILLET (VP) (3)
   (4)
   (5)

LUTUNDULA (Congo, Democratic Republic of the)

CZARNECKI (for KOZLÍK) (2)
   (3)

TATUAVA (Cook Islands)

DEVA (4)
   (5)

AMON-AGO (Côte d'Ivoire)

DILLEN (2)
   (3)

DAWALEH (Djibouti)

DOMBROVSKIS (2)

SAVARIN (Dominica)

EK (2)

REYES AGLON (Dominican Republic)

FERNANDES

NGUEMA OWONO (Equatorial Guinea)

GAHLER (VP)

WELDEGIORGIS (Eritrea)

GOEBBELS (for ROSATI)

TOGA (Ethiopia)

GOMES (2)
   (3)

CAVUILATI (Fiji) (1)

GOUDIN (VP) (2)
   (4)
   (5)

RAWIRI (Gabon)

HALL (2)
   (5)

NYAN-ALABOSON (Gambia (1))

HAUG

OSEI-PREMPEH (Ghana)

HUTCHINSON (for GRABOWSKA) (4)
   (5)

TOP (Guinea)

JOAN I MARÍ (VP)

RAMOTAR (Guyana)

JÖNS

KAMOTHO (Kenya)

KACZMAREK

MASILO-MOTSAMAI (Lesotho) (1)

KAMIŃSKI (VP) (3)

MANNAH (Liberia)

KORHOLA (2)
   (4)
   (5)

FANJAVA (Madagascar)

KUŁAKOWSKI (2)

MATOLA (Malawi)

LEHIDEUX (2)
   (3)
   (4)

ASSARID IMBARCAOUANE (Mali)

LULLING (VP)

OULD KHALIFA (Mauritania)

McAVAN

DEERPALSING (Mauritius)

MARTENS (VP)

SITHOLE (Mozambique)

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP)

GEINGOB (Namibia)

MAYER

ALMA (Niger)

MITCHELL (VP) (4)
   (5)

BAWA BWARI (Nigeria)

NOVAK

TALAGI (Niue)

PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR (2)
   (3)
   (4)

AIMO (Papua New Guinea)

POLFER (2)
   (3)

POLISI (Rwanda)

PURVIS (for SARTORI) (5)

FRANÇOIS (Saint Lucia)

RIBEIRO E CASTRO

THOMAS (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) (1)

SCHEELE

COSTA DOS PRAZARES (São Tomé e Príncipe)

SCHLYTER (4)
   (5)

BARRY (Senegal)

SCHNELLHARDT (2)
   (3)
   (4)

FAURE (Seychelles)

SCHRÖDER (for COELHO)

CONTEH (Sierra Leone)

SCHWAB (2)

LENI (Solomon Islands)

SPERONI (4)
   (5)

SITHOLE (South Africa)

VAN HECKE

BADRI (Sudan)

VAN LANCKER

HIWAT (Suriname) (1)

VERGES (VP) (2)
   (3)
   (4)

DLAMINI (Swaziland)

ZÁBORSKÁ (2)
   (3)

MPOROGOMYI (Tanzania)

ZALESKI (for LANGENDRIES) (3)
   (5)

KPADE (Togo)

ZANI

BEREAUX (Trinidad and Tobago)

ZĪLE (2)

KAMUNTU (Uganda)

CHULUMANDA (Zambia)

MZEMBI (Zimbabwe)

Observer:

Cuba: POLANCO, CASTRO

Also present:

| ANGOLA
  ALBERTO
  OLIVEIRA VELENTE
  SAMPAIO
  SAMY
  SERÃO
  VELENTE | BARBADOS
  GODDARD | BENIN
  ADJIBADE
  HINVI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BOTSWANA
  BATLHOKI | BURKINA FASO
  LANKOANDE
  TOURE | BURUNDI
  BIMAZUBUTE
  KABOGOYE |
| CAMEROON
  BAH OUMAROU SANDA
  DANATA
  AWUDU MBAYA | CONGO (Republic of the)
  BALANDA-MIAMON
  GAKOSSO
  LEKOBA
  LOUBOTA
  LOUEMBE
  MUDOY
  OBA APOUNOU
  OBAMBI
  OBIA
  TSHIKA YABADI | CONGO (Democratic Republic of the)
  CHIRHALWIRWA
  KEMBUKUSWA ne NLAZA
  KOS' ISAKA NKOMBE
  MAMBU
  MARINI BODHO
  MATADI NENGA
  MAVUNGU
  MONKUMA AKWELO
  MUDIMULA
  NGOY BUSANGU
  NSENGA KATOTO
  UNEGA EGE
  WAWA
  WENA YOA DOMBALE |
| COOK ISLANDS
  McCLAY | CÔTE D'IVOIRE
  AMANI
  MOLLE MOLLE
  GOSSET | DJIBOUTI
  ABDISAID |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  ANDEME ELA
  CUASI
  EVUNA ANDEME
  MBA BELA
  NKA OBIANG MAYE | ERITREA
  TEKLE | ETHIOPIA
  ABASIYA
  ALI IBRAHIM
  ASFAW
  GEBRE-CHRISTOS
  KEBEDE
  TANG
  TEGEGN |
| GHANA
  DUFU
  BREFO-BOATENG | GUINEA
  DIALLO
  TOLNO | JAMAICA
  COYE |
| KENYA
  POGHISIO
  MUGODO
  MUTHIGANI
  NJOROGE | LIBERIA
  TELEWODA | MADAGASCAR
  BERIZIKY |
| MALAWI
  NAMISENGO | MALI
  BAH
  DIALLO
  DIARRA
  DIAWARA
  KEITA
  MAGASSOUBA
  SABANE | MAURITANIA
  OULD GUELAYE
  KOITA TIDJANE
  OULD MOHAMED LAGHDAF
  OULD EL VIL |
| MAURITIUS
  GUNESSEE | MOZAMBIQUE
  ERNESTO
  MATE
  MIGUEL | NAMIBIA
  NAMBAHU
  KATJAVIVI
  KEEJA |
| NIGER
  ABDRAHAMAN
  CAZALICA
  ISSOUFOU
  WAHAB
  YERIMA BAKO | NIGERIA
  LAWAN
  OLU JACOBS
  UMAR
  UMELO | PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  ABURU
  BALAGETUVA
  KARE
  MAXTONE-GRAHAM |
| SIERRA LEONE
  GOODWYLL | SOUTH AFRICA
  LABUSCHAGNE
  MATJILA
  NHLENGETHWA | SUDAN
  AHMED
  ALLOBA
  DEKUEK
  MUSTAFA
  YAK |
| SWAZILAND
  DLAMINI
  ZEEMAN | TANZANIA
  ZOKA | TOGO
  ATI-ATCHA
  KLUTSE
  MANGANAWE
  NYAWOUAME |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  KING-ROUSSEAU | UGANDA
  KAGORO
  KIRASO
  MUGAMBE | ZAMBIA
  LONGWA
  MULENGA |
| ZIMBABWE
  CHAMISA
  CHINENERE
  MUDZIMBA
  NCUBE
  PUNUNGWE
  RUKOBO | | |

ANGOLA

ALBERTO

OLIVEIRA VELENTE

SAMPAIO

SAMY

SERÃO

VELENTE

BARBADOS

GODDARD

BENIN

ADJIBADE

HINVI

BOTSWANA

BATLHOKI

BURKINA FASO

LANKOANDE

TOURE

BURUNDI

BIMAZUBUTE

KABOGOYE

CAMEROON

BAH OUMAROU SANDA

DANATA

AWUDU MBAYA

CONGO (Republic of the)

BALANDA-MIAMON

GAKOSSO

LEKOBA

LOUBOTA

LOUEMBE

MUDOY

OBA APOUNOU

OBAMBI

OBIA

TSHIKA YABADI

CONGO (Democratic Republic of the)

CHIRHALWIRWA

KEMBUKUSWA ne NLAZA

KOS' ISAKA NKOMBE

MAMBU

MARINI BODHO

MATADI NENGA

MAVUNGU

MONKUMA AKWELO

MUDIMULA

NGOY BUSANGU

NSENGA KATOTO

UNEGA EGE

WAWA

WENA YOA DOMBALE

COOK ISLANDS

McCLAY

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

AMANI

MOLLE MOLLE

GOSSET

DJIBOUTI

ABDISAID

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ANDEME ELA

CUASI

EVUNA ANDEME

MBA BELA

NKA OBIANG MAYE

ERITREA

TEKLE

ETHIOPIA

ABASIYA

ALI IBRAHIM

ASFAW

GEBRE-CHRISTOS

KEBEDE

TANG

TEGEGN

GHANA

DUFU

BREFO-BOATENG

GUINEA

DIALLO

TOLNO

JAMAICA

COYE

KENYA

POGHISIO

MUGODO

MUTHIGANI

NJOROGE

LIBERIA

TELEWODA

MADAGASCAR

BERIZIKY

MALAWI

NAMISENGO

MALI

BAH

DIALLO

DIARRA

DIAWARA

KEITA

MAGASSOUBA

SABANE

MAURITANIA

OULD GUELAYE

KOITA TIDJANE

OULD MOHAMED LAGHDAF

OULD EL VIL

MAURITIUS

GUNESSEE

MOZAMBIQUE

ERNESTO

MATE

MIGUEL

NAMIBIA

NAMBAHU

KATJAVIVI

KEEJA

NIGER

ABDRAHAMAN

CAZALICA

ISSOUFOU

WAHAB

YERIMA BAKO

NIGERIA

LAWAN

OLU JACOBS

UMAR

UMELO

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

ABURU

BALAGETUVA

KARE

MAXTONE-GRAHAM

SIERRA LEONE

GOODWYLL

SOUTH AFRICA

LABUSCHAGNE

MATJILA

NHLENGETHWA

SUDAN

AHMED

ALLOBA

DEKUEK

MUSTAFA

YAK

SWAZILAND

DLAMINI

ZEEMAN

TANZANIA

ZOKA

TOGO

ATI-ATCHA

KLUTSE

MANGANAWE

NYAWOUAME

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

KING-ROUSSEAU

UGANDA

KAGORO

KIRASO

MUGAMBE

ZAMBIA

LONGWA

MULENGA

ZIMBABWE

CHAMISA

CHINENERE

MUDZIMBA

NCUBE

PUNUNGWE

RUKOBO

ACP-EU COUNCIL

| RAFANOMEZANTSOA | Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Development of the Private Sector (Madagascar), President-in-Office of the ACP Council |
| --- | --- |
| THOMAS | Under-Secretary of State in the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), President-in-Office of the EU Council |

RAFANOMEZANTSOA

Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Development of the Private Sector (Madagascar), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

THOMAS

Under-Secretary of State in the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), President-in-Office of the EU Council

COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS

| BERIZIKY | President-in-Office (Madagascar) |
| --- | --- |

BERIZIKY

President-in-Office (Madagascar)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

| MICHEL | Member of the Commission with responsibility for Development and Humanitarian Aid |
| --- | --- |

MICHEL

Member of the Commission with responsibility for Development and Humanitarian Aid

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ESC)

| ANTHONY | Members |
| --- | --- |
| TALL |
| VEVER |
| VOSS |

ANTHONY

Members

TALL

VEVER

VOSS

TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL COOPERATION (CTA)

BURGUET

BOTO

NEUN

ACP SECRETARIAT

| KAPUTIN | Co-Secretary-General |
| --- | --- |

KAPUTIN

Co-Secretary-General

EU SECRETARIAT

| NICKEL | Co-Secretary-General |
| --- | --- |

NICKEL

Co-Secretary-General

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(1)  Country represented by a person other than a Member of Parliament

(2)  Present on 21 November 2005

(3)  Present on 22 November 2005

(4)  Present on 23 November 2005

(5)  Present on 24 November 2005

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ANNEX III

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

| — | on the role of national parliaments in implementing the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.) |
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| — | on causes and consequences of natural disasters (ACP-EU 3802/05/fin.) |
| --- | --- |

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| — | on the situation in West Africa (ACP-EU 3832/05/fin.) |
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| — | on registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH) (ACP-EU 3833/05/fin.) |
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| — | on agricultural and mining commodities (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.) |
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