# Official Journal C 271/2008

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5125 October 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 271

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5125 October 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 15th session was held in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 17 to 20 March 2008. |
| 2008/C 271/01 | Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 17 March 2008 | 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/100.210)


  Approval of the minutes of the 14th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 58 of 1.3.2008)


  Co-Presidents' announcements, including decisions taken at Bureau meeting on 16 March


  The current position in the EPA negotiations and the follow-up to the Kigali Declaration: debate without resolution


  ACP Parliaments' views on 10th EDF programming and ACP Country Strategy Papers: debate without resolution


  The International Criminal Court: debate without resolution


  Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade (ACP-EU/100.205/08/fin.) on food security issues in ACP countries and the role of ACP-EU cooperation |
| 2008/C 271/02 | Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 18 March 2008 | 4 |
| Substitutes


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


  Question Time to the Commission


  Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 14th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Kigali (Rwanda)


  Debate with the Commission


  Statement by Mr Abdi, Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly


  Urgent topic No 1: The situation in Kenya


  The EU-Caribbean strategy


  Approval of the minutes of Monday 17 March


  Statement by Mr Andrej Šter, State Secretary for Development (Slovenia), President-in-Office of the EU Council


  Statement by Mr Ali Farah Assoweh, Minister for Economic Affairs, Finance and Planning, with responsibility for privatisation (Djibouti), President-in-Office of the ACP Council


  Question Time to the Council


  Debate with the Council


  Presentation by UNFPA, Mrs Safiye Cagar, Director of Information and External Relations Division: debate without resolution |
| 2008/C 271/03 | Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 19 March 2008 | 7 |
| Statement by the Co-President


  Committee on Political Affairs (ACP-EU/100.203/08/fin.) on experiences from the European regional integration process relevant to ACP countries


  Approval of minutes of meeting of Tuesday morning 18 March 2008


  Report of the economic and social partners: Economic Partnership Agreements: what prospects for the future and what role for civil society?


  Urgent topic No 2: The situation in Chad


  Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment (ACP-EU/100.202/08/fin.) on social and environmental consequences of structural adjustment programmes


  Presentation by Mr Johann Koss, President of the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group, and Mr Philip O'Brien (UNICEF): debate without resolution


  Question Time to the Council |
| 2008/C 271/04 | Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 20 March 2008 | 8 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Tuesday afternoon, 18 March 2008, and of Wednesday morning, 19 March 2008


  Migration: debate without resolution


  Climate change and its social and environmental impact in ACP countries: debate without resolution


  Summary reports from the workshops


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


  Vote on urgent motions for resolutions


  Any other business


  Date and place of the 16th session of the 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 15th session was held in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 17 to 20 March 2008.

2008/C 271/01

Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 17 March 2008

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/100.210)

Approval of the minutes of the 14th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 58 of 1.3.2008)

Co-Presidents' announcements, including decisions taken at Bureau meeting on 16 March

The current position in the EPA negotiations and the follow-up to the Kigali Declaration: debate without resolution

ACP Parliaments' views on 10th EDF programming and ACP Country Strategy Papers: debate without resolution

The International Criminal Court: debate without resolution

Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade (ACP-EU/100.205/08/fin.) on food security issues in ACP countries and the role of ACP-EU cooperation

2008/C 271/02

Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 18 March 2008

4

Substitutes

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

Question Time to the Commission

Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 14th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Kigali (Rwanda)

Debate with the Commission

Statement by Mr Abdi, Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly

Urgent topic No 1: The situation in Kenya

The EU-Caribbean strategy

Approval of the minutes of Monday 17 March

Statement by Mr Andrej Šter, State Secretary for Development (Slovenia), President-in-Office of the EU Council

Statement by Mr Ali Farah Assoweh, Minister for Economic Affairs, Finance and Planning, with responsibility for privatisation (Djibouti), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

Question Time to the Council

Debate with the Council

Presentation by UNFPA, Mrs Safiye Cagar, Director of Information and External Relations Division: debate without resolution

2008/C 271/03

Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 19 March 2008

7

Statement by the Co-President

Committee on Political Affairs (ACP-EU/100.203/08/fin.) on experiences from the European regional integration process relevant to ACP countries

Approval of minutes of meeting of Tuesday morning 18 March 2008

Report of the economic and social partners: Economic Partnership Agreements: what prospects for the future and what role for civil society?

Urgent topic No 2: The situation in Chad

Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment (ACP-EU/100.202/08/fin.) on social and environmental consequences of structural adjustment programmes

Presentation by Mr Johann Koss, President of the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group, and Mr Philip O'Brien (UNICEF): debate without resolution

Question Time to the Council

2008/C 271/04

Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 20 March 2008

8

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Tuesday afternoon, 18 March 2008, and of Wednesday morning, 19 March 2008

Migration: debate without resolution

Climate change and its social and environmental impact in ACP countries: debate without resolution

Summary reports from the workshops

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

Vote on urgent motions for resolutions

Any other business

Date and place of the 16th session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

10

14

19

20

20

27

32

37

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