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BRUSSELS

(Belgium)

Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 9 October 2000

(2001/C 64/01)

(The sitting opened at 2.35 p.m.)

Formal inaugural sitting

A ceremony of welcome was held for the five new member states of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly: the Cook Islands, Republic of Nauru, Niue, Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands.

The Co-Presidents, Mr Corrie and Mr Clair, welcomed the new members.

IN THE CHAIR: MrSerge CLAIR

and MrJohn CORRIE

Co-Presidents

Constituent meeting

1. Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Corrie, 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. Election of the Bureau of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Corrie, Co-President, announced that he had received the following proposals pursuant to Article 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly:

ACP Members (subject to consultations in the ACP Group)

ACP Co-President:

Mr Louis Serge Clair (Mauritius)

ACP Vice-Presidents:

Angola

Belize

Burundi

Central African Republic

Fiji

Lesotho

Madagascar

Mauritania

Mauritius

Nigeria

St Kitts and Nevis

Solomon Islands

European members

European Co-President:

Mr John Corrie

European Vice-Presidents:

Mrs Junker

Mr Van Hecke

Mr Schwaiger

Mrs Kinnock

Mr Mauro

Mrs Carlotti

Mr Novelli

Mrs Dybkjær

Mrs Lucas

Mr Decourrière

Mr Mendiluce Pereiro

Mr Sylla

The Bureau, as set out above, was elected by acclamation.

3. Registration by the Assembly of non-parliamentary representatives

Mr Corrie, Co-President, said that he had received a list of non-parliamentary representatives from the authorities of the ACP states. He proposed that these representatives be registered and that their names be annexed to the minutes.

The Assembly agreed to this by acclamation.

Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

1. Adoption of draft agenda (APP/2991)

The Assembly decided to hear statements on Somalia and Djibouti during the debate on East Africa.

With that addition, the draft agenda and work programme were adopted.

2. Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: Morillon (for Decourrière), Gemelli (for Bodrato), Bastos (for Cunha), Bowis (for Ferrer), Mayer (for Glase) Liese (for Xarchakos)

3. Documents received

General report on ACP-EU partnership and the challenges of globalisation (General Rapporteur: The Hon. Abednego Seisa Nqojane (Lesotho)) (ACP-EU 2976/00/A and ACP-EU 2976/00/B)

The following motions for resolutions:

- APP/3001/COMP by the following Members: Ferrer and Schwaiger on behalf of the EPP-ED Group; Junker and Carlotti on behalf of the PES Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group; Rod, Lannoye, Maes, Schörling and Lucas on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Sylla, Sjöstedt and Vinci on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire

- APP/3002/COMP by the following Members: Schwaiger on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; Junker and Carlotti on behalf of the PES Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group; Rod, Lucas, Maes, Schörling and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Sylla, Sjöstedt and Vinci on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the political situation in Guinea

- APP/3003 by the representative of Liberia, on Liberia's alleged involvement in the Sierra Leone crisis through gun-running and diamond smuggling

- APP/3004/COMP by the following Members: Ferrer on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; Junker on behalf of the PES Group; Nicholson of Winterbourne on behalf of the ELDR Group; Lucas, Maes, Lannoye, Rod and Schörling on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Sjöstedt, Sylla and Vinci on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Andrews, Musumeci and Souchet on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Sierra Leone

- APP/3005/COMP by the following Members: Khanbhai, Berend and Van Hecke on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; Junker and Sauquillo Pérez del Arco on behalf of the PES Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR; Maes, Lucas, Rod, Schörling and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Sjöstedt and Vinci on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Andrews, Musumeci and Souchet on behalf of the UEN Group, on the political situation in Burundi

- APP/3006 by Mr. L.A. Mumba (Zambia), on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

- APP/3007/COMP by the following Members: Van Hecke and Berend on behalf of the EP/ED Group; Junker, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco and Carlotti on behalf of the PES Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group; Maes, Rod, Lucas, Schörling and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Vinci, Sylla and Sjöstedt on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Andrews, Musumeci and Souchet on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

- APP/3008 by the representative of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the situation in the Great Lakes region

- APP/3009 by Schwaiger on behalf of the EPP/ED Group, on improving regional infrastructures in central Africa

- APP/3010 by the representatives of the Southern African Region, (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe), on the situation in Zimbabwe

- APP/3011 by Corrie on behalf of the EPP/ED Group, on the situation in Zimbabwe

- APP/3012 by Junker and Kinnock on behalf of the PES Group, on Zimbabwe

- APP/3013/COMP by the following Members: Mauro and Bowis on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group; Maes, Lucas, Schörling, Rod and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Vinci and Sjöstedt on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Andrews, Musumeci and Souchet on behalf of the UEN Group, on the peace process in Somalia

- APP/3014/COMP by Junker and Imbeni on behalf of the PES Group, on the peace process in Somalia

- APP/3015 by the Hon. Dawit Yohannes (Ethiopia), on the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, in particular on its impact on the human rights of Ethiopians living in Eritrea

- APP/3016/COMP by the following Members: Wijkman, Schnellhardt, Sudre and Bowis on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; Junker and Imbeni on behalf of the PES Group; Lucas, Maes, Rod, Schörling and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Vinci and Sylla on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Andrews, Souchet and Musumeci on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea

- APP/3017 by the following Members: Maij-Weggen, Schnellhardt and Mauro on behalf of the EPP/ED; Vinci on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Souchet on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Sudan

- APP/3018 by the following Members: Junker and Kinnock on behalf of the PES Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group, on Sudan

- APP/3019/COMP by the following Members: Deva, Maij-Weggen, Schmitt and Cunha on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; Junker and Kinnock on behalf of the PES Group; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne and van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group; Lucas, Rod, Maes, Schörling and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Miranda and Sjöstedt on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Andrews, Musumeci and Souchet on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in the Pacific Region

- APP/3020 by Mr Rijo (Dominican Republic), on support for crossborder cooperation between Haiti and Dominican Republic

- APP/3021/COMP by the following Members: Khanbhai on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group; Schörling, Rod, Lucas, Maes and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Sjöstedt on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group; Andrews, Musumeci and Souchet on behalf of the UEN Group, on the elections in Haiti

- APP/3022 by Junker and Carlotti on behalf of the PES Group, on elections in Haiti

- APP/3023 by the representative of the Eastern Caribbean States, on the reform of the EU banana regime

- APP/3024 by the representative of Trinidad & Tobago, on behalf of the ACP Working Party on Rum, on Rum

- APP/3025 by the representative of Trinidad & Tobago, on a WTO waiver

- APP/3026 by Junker and van den Berg on behalf of the PES Group, on Follow-up to Copenhagen -Geneva Conferences

- APP/3027 by Junker and Gröner on behalf of the PES Group, on the results of the special session of the United Nations General Assembly of 5-9 June 2000 on "Women 2000: Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century"

- APP/3028/COMP by the following Members: Cunha and Deva on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR Group; Lannoye, Lucas, Rod, Schörling and Maes on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Sylla, Vinci and Sjöstedt on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on small scale fisheries

- APP/3029 by the following Members: Maij-Weggen on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; Junker and Carlotti on behalf of the PES Group; Schörling, Lucas, Rod, Maes and Lannoye on behalf of the GREEN/EFA Group; Sylla, Sjostedt and Vinci on behalf of the GUE Group, on migration flows

- APP/3030/COMP by the following Members: Wijkman, Glase and Bowis on behalf of the EPP/ED Group; van den Bos on behalf of the ELDR; Sylla, Sjöstedt and Vinci on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on AIDS

- APP/3031 by Junker and Carlotti on behalf of the PES Group, on AIDS

- APP/3032 by the representatives of Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines, on decentralised cooperation

- APP/3033 by Mr Robleh (Djibouti) on behalf of the ACP Group, on the political situation in Somalia

- APP/3034 by the representative of Niger, on Côte d'Ivoire

- APP/3035 by the representative of Niger, on the follow-up to the Copenhagen and Geneva Conferences

- APP/3036 by the representative of Niger, on trafficking in human beings

- APP/3037 by the ACP Signatory States to the Sugar Protocol (Barbados, Belize, Congo (Brazzaville), Côte d'Ivoire, Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, St Kitts and Nevis, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Zambia and Zimbabwe), on sugar

- APP/3038 by the representative of Rwanda, on the situation in the Great Lakes region

- APP/3039 by the representative of Guinea, on the armed attacks on the southern borders of Guinea-Conakry

- APP/3040 by Mr Robleh (Djibouti), on the human rights situation in Djibouti

4. Draft decision on provisional rules pursuant to Art. 17 of the Partnership Agreement, prepared by the Working Group on the implementation of the Partnership Agreement (Rules of Procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly), and proposed by the Bureau

Mr Corrie, Co-President, announced that the Bureau had decided, at its meeting the previous day, to put to the Assembly a draft decision relating to the Rules of Procedure (APP/2999), which would apply for the transitional period. The decision contained two amendments, one relating to the parliamentary character of the Assembly and the other one to the holding of regional meetings.

The Assembly adopted the two amendments with one vote against and the proposal for a decision by acclamation.

5. Statement by Mr Charles Josselin, Minister of Cooperation and the French-speaking World (France), President-in-Office of the EU Council

Mr Josselin made his statement.

6. Question Time to the EU Council

Twenty questions were put to the EU Council

Mr Josselin, President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, replied to the following questions and to supplementary questions put by their authors:

- Question No 5 by the representative of Congo, on EU-Africa cooperation

- Question No 7 by Mrs Maij-Weggen, on emergency aid to developing countries

- Question No 12 by Mr Schwaiger, on Central Africa

- Question No 14 by Mr van den Berg, on the HIPC debt initiative

- Question No 15 by Mr Khanbhai, on Third World debt

- Question No 19 by the representative of the Cook Islands, on telecommunications with Pacific ACP countries

- Question No 20 by Mrs Foster, on transport links

- Question No 16 by Mr Howitt, on the development impact of EU export subsidies

- Question No 17 by Mrs Carlotti, on the insertion of ACP countries in the global market

- Question No 25 by the representative of Suriname, on banana exports

- Question No 22 by the representative of Mali, on the struggle against trafficking in children and child solders

- Question No 26 by Shörling, Lannoye, Lucas, Rod and Maes, on the Member States' violation of the European Convention on Human Rights

- Question No 8 by Mr Van Hecke, on armed conflicts, in particular in the Great Lakes Region

- Question No 11 by the representative of Zambia, on the Democratic Republic of Congo

- Question No 9 by the representative of Ethiopia, on Ethiopia

- Question No 10 by Mr Imbeni, on Somalia

- Question No 24 by Mrs Sauquillo, on Haiti and the Dominican Republic

- Question No 23 by Rod, Lucas, Lannoye, Schörling and Maes, on Cuba's accession to the Cotonou Agreement

- Question No 6 by Mrs Kinnock, on the Commission reform

Question No 21 by Mr Dell'Alba, on the struggle against female genital mutilation, would receive a written reply as the author was not present.

Mr Imbeni spoke on a point of order.

7. Statement by the President-in-office of the ACP Council

Mr Armand-Guy Zounguere Sokambi, Chairman of the Committee of ACP Ambassadors made a statement on behalf of the President-in-Office of the ACP Council.

8. Question Time to the ACP Council

This point was held over to the following day.

9. Statement by Mrs Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament

Mrs Fontaine, President of the European Parliament, sent her regrets for her inability to be present. Her speech was read by Mr Imbeni, Vice-President of the European Parliament.

(The sitting adjourned at 7.45 p.m.)

Louis Serge Clair

andJohn Corrie

Co-Presidents

Jean-Robert Goulongana

andDietmar Nickel

Co-Secretaries General

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Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 10 October 2000

(2001/C 64/02)

IN THE CHAIR: MrCLAIR

Co-president

(The sitting opened at 9.25 a.m.)

1. General Report on ACP-EU partnership and the challenges of globalisation (AP/2976/00)

- General rapporteur: The Hon. Abednego Seisa NQOJANE (Lesotho)

- Exchange of views

Mr Nqojane introduced his report referring in particular to the opportunities of the renewed ACP-EU Partnership to develop a model of true and deep North-South relationship in a globalized world, after the failure of the WTO conference in Seattle.

Ms. Mohau Pheko (South Africa), Africa Coordinator for the Gender & Trade Network, and Mr Founou-Tchuigoua (Senegal), Third-World Forum, who had been invited to the debate, presented their statements referring, in particular, to world trade and economic structure.

The General Rapporteur summed up.

Mr Pascal Lamy, Commissioner responsible for Trade, also invited to the debate, made a statement.

Questions were put by the following: Wijkman, Rijo (Dominican Republic), Kinnock, Davies (South Africa), Lucas, Sardjoe (Suriname), Liese, Maes, Mendeng Ambassa (Cameroon), Gunness (Mauritius) and the Ambassador Laurent (representative of the Eastern Caribbean States).

Mr Lamy answered to the questions.

2. Question time to the ACP Council (cont.)

Four questions were put to the ACP Council

Mr Armand-Guy Zounguere Sokambi, Chairman of the Committee of ACP Ambassadors, on behalf of the President-in-Office of the ACP Council, replied to the following questions and to supplementary questions put by their authors:

- Question No 1 by Mrs Kinnock, on the Cotonou Agreement

- Question No 4 by Mrs Foster, on the relations between ACP and EU transport ministers

- Question No 2 by Mr Howitt, on the steps towards fulfilment of civil society requirements, would receive a written reply as the author was not present.

- Question No 3 by Mr Khanbhai, on the efficiency in implementation of aid programme, would receive a written reply as the author was not present.

(The sitting adjourned at 1.00 p.m. and resumed at 3.10 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR:Mr CORRIE

Co-President

3. Statement by Mr Poul Nielson, EU Commissioner responsible for Development and Humanitarian Aid, specifically on the implementation of ACP-EU cooperation

Mr Nielson made a statement referring, in particular, to the implementation of the new Partnership Agreement and to ongoing reform in the Commission.

4. Question Time to the Commission

Twenty-nine questions were put to the Commission.

Mr Nielson replied to the following questions and to supplementary questions put by their authors:

- Question No 14 by Mr Imbeni, on the political situation in Somalia

- Question No 15 by the following members: Maes, Schörling, Lannoye, Lucas and Rod, on behalf of the Green/EFA Group, on support for Somalian NGOs

- Question No 16 by Mr Yohannes (Ethiopia), on human rights violations in Ethiopia and Eritrea

- Question No 13 by Mr Mumba (Zambia), on mine-clearing in Angola and Mozambique

- Question No 17 by Mr Schwaiger, on infrastructure in Central Africa

- Question No 18 by Mrs Foster, on transport projects in Africa

- Question No 19 by the representative of the Cook Islands, on telecommunications in the Pacific

- Question No 20 by the following members: Lannoye, Lucas, Rod, Maes and Schörling, on behalf of the Green/EFA Group, on damaged pesticides in Rwanda

- Question No 22 by Mrs Carlotti, on assistance to Cuba

- Question No 23 by Mr Martínez Martínez and Mrs Sauquillo, on Cuba

- Question No 24 by Mr Cunha, on aid to East Timor

- Question No 25 by the representative of Surinam, on the rice industry in ACP countries

- Question No 2 by Mr Van Hecke, on the implementation rate of aid to ACP partners

- Question No 3 by Mrs Maij-Weggen, on emergency aid

- Question No 26a by the representative of Nigeria, on the implementation of projects in ACP countries

- Question No 26 by the representative of Nigeria, on the participation of ACP consultants in development projects

- Question No 4 by Mr Khanbhai, on aid for rural economic development

- Question No 9 by Mr van den Berg, on the HIPC debt initiative

- Question No 12 by the representative of Liberia, on the sale and supply of arms to developing countries

- Question No 1 by Mr Bombete (Republic of Congo), on access to anti-viral medicines

- Question No 5 by Mr Kombo (Kenya), on fish exports from Kenya

- Question No 11 by the representative of South Africa, on the impact of non-annex I export refunds

- Question No 27 by the representative of South Africa, on the impact of the South Africa Trade Agreement on BLNS countries

- Question No 6 by the representative of Mali, on the clause, in the ACP-EU Agreement, on reintegration of immigrants

- Question No 10 by Mr Howitt, on the new ACP-EU investment facility

- Question No 28 by the following members: Lucas, Lannoye, Maes, Rod and Schörling, on behalf of the Green/EFA Group, on Stabex and Sysmin

- Question No 26b by the representative of Nigeria, on the organisation of regional seminars

- Question No 8 by Mrs Kinnock, on Alternative Trade Arrangements

- Question No 21 by Mr Dell'Alba, on female genital mutilation, would receive a written reply as the author was not present.

The representative of Ghana requested that the answers given by the Commissioner would be provided in writing.

5. Working Group on the implementation of the Partnership Agreement -Amendment of the Rules of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Monnou (Benin), rapporteur, gave a statement on progress. He drew attention to the decision relating to the Rules of Procedure (APP/2999) adopted by the Assembly the previous day. He also stressed the need for thorough analysis and the progressive modification of the rules.

Mr Wieland, Chairman, spoke on the future work of the Working Group.

6. Report on the mission of the Joint Assembly to the Solomon Islands

Mr Bawa Bwari (Nigeria), Vice-President, gave an account of the fact-finding mission to the Solomon Islands. He emphasised, inter alia, the need to review the Constitution, the issue of compensation, the strengthening of Parliament and the holding of General Elections.

(the meeting adjourned at 7.15 p.m.)

Louis Serge Clair

andJohn Corrie

Co-Presidents

Jean-Robert Goulongana

andDietmar Nickel

Co-Secretaries-General

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Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 11 October 2000

(2001/C 64/03)

IN THE CHAIR: MrCLAIR

Co-President

(The sitting opened at 9.25 a.m.)

Point of order

Mrs Kinnock reminded the Assembly that the elected Member of the Parliament of Fiji had been kept outside the hemicycle. She asked to reconsider the possibility to give this member access to the hemicycle. The following spoke: Mr Clair, Co-President and Mr Tavola (Fiji).

1. Any other business

Mr Martinez Martinez informed the Assembly that Mrs Banderanaike, former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka died and asked for an appropriate reaction from the Assembly.

2. Report on the mission of the Joint Assembly to the Solomon Islands (cont.)

Mrs Kinnock and Mr Corrie informed the members on the events during their visit in Solomon Islands and emphasized that the presence of the delegation had had a positive impact on the events after the coup. Mr Clair stated that the delegation had contributed to the calming of the situation.

3. Urgent subjects relating to the situation in different countries or regions pursuant to Article 71(i) of the Rules of Procedure

East Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia

Mr Serri, Italian State Secretary, gave an overview on the current situation in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

West Africa: Sierra Leone, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia

Central Africa: Central African Republic, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Southern Africa: Zimbabwe

4. Statement by Lord Plumb

Lord Plumb, former Co-President and Honorary President of the Joint Assembly made a statement.

5. Statement on the future of "The ACP-EU Courrier"

The Co-President, John Corrie read a declaration on the future of the bi-monthly publication "The ACP-EU Courrier". He proposed that this declaration be adopted and annexed to the minutes of that day's sitting. The declaration was adopted by acclamation.

(the meeting adjourned at 1.00 p.m. and resumed at 3.00 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR:Mr John CORRIE

Co-President

6. Urgent subjects relating to the situation in different countries or regions pursuant to Article 7(1)(i) of the Rules of Procedure (cont.)

Southern Africa (Zimbabwe) (cont.)

Caribbean (Belize, Haiti, bananas and commodities)

Pacific (Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands).

7. Vote on the general report

The Assembly adopted amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 amended, 12, 13 amended, 14, 15, 17 amended, 18, 19, 23 modified orally, 24 + one oral amendment, 25, 26 modified, 27, 28, 33, 34 modified, 35 modified, 36, 39, 44, 45 modified, 46, 48 amended, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62 and 63.

The Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution thus amended.

IN THE CHAIR:Mr Ali Nouhoum DIALLO

Vice-President

8. Subjects and issues relating to development cooperation between the EU and the ACP countries under the Lomé Conventions pursuant to Article 7(1)(ii) of the Rules of Procedure

Follow-up to the Beijing Conference

Follow-up to Copenhagen and Geneva Conferences

Fisheries (small-scale fisheries)

Migration flows

9. Action taken by the Commission on resolutions adopted at the 30th session of the Joint Assembly (Abuja, 20-23 March 2000)

Mr Theodorakis outlined the situation regarding the implementation of resolutions adopted by the Joint Assembly in Abuja.

10. Report on activities of the economic and social partners

Mr Malosse outlined the activity of the economic and social partners. The Assembly adopted the proposals regarding the working programme for the next two years.

11. Working Group on the impact of sanctions and, in particular, of embargoes on the people of the countries on which such measures are imposed

(The sitting closed at 7 p.m.)

Louis Serge Clair

andJohn Corrie

Co-Presidents

Jean-Robert Goulongana

andDietmar Nickel

Co-Secretaries-General

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Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 12 october 2000

(2001/C 64/04)

IN THE CHAIR: MrCLAIR

and MrCORRIE

Co-Presidents

(The sitting opened at 9.15 a.m.)

1. Hearing on AIDS

Mr Corrie opened the meeting. Mr Clair welcomed the guests and announced that it is foreseen to deal with the report of the working group on renewable energy sources at 11.45 a.m.

The experts summed up.

2. Working Group on the use of renewable sources of energy in the ACP countries

Mr Clair gave the floor to the rapporteur Mr Wijkman. Mr Wijkman gave a short overview on the progress of work of the working group.

(the meeting adjourned at 12.00 p.m. and resumed at 1.15 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR:Mr CORRIE

Co-President

3. Consideration and vote on motions for resolutions

The Co-President announced that the electronic voting system would be used when necessary.

West Africa

Resolution APP/3045/COMP on Côte d'Ivoire: secret vote by separate houses: the ACP voted with 15 in favour, 21 against and 0 abstentions and the EP representatives voted with 44 in favour, 0 against and 0 abstentions. The motion for a resolution was therefore rejected.

Resolution APP/3002/COMP on the political situation in Guinea was adopted.

Resolution APP/3039 on armed attacks on the southern border of Guinea-Conakry was adopted with 4 amendments.

Resolution APP/3003 on Liberia's alleged involvement in the Sierra Leone crisis through gun-running and diamond smuggling: vote by separate houses: the ACP voted 37 in favour and 2 against and the EP representatves in favour and 33 against. The motion for a resolution was therefore rejected.

Resolution APP/3004 on the situation in Sierra Leone was adopted with 9 amendments.

Caribbean

Resolution APP/3043/COMP on support for crossborder cooperation between Haiti and the Dominican Republic was adopted unanimously with 1 amendment.

Resolution APP/3042/COMP on the elections in Haiti was adopted with two amendments.

Pacific

Resolution APP/3019/COMP on the situation in the Pacific region: vote by separate houses: the ACP voted 23 in favour, 24 against and 1 abstention and the EP representatives voted 50 in favour, none against and no abstentions. The motion for a resolution was therefore rejected.

Commodities

Resolution APP/3023 on the reform of the EU banana regime was adopted unanimously with 11 amendments.

Resolution APP/3024 on Rum was adopted unanimously with no amendments.

Resolution APP/3037 on Sugar was adopted unanimously with no amendments.

World Trade Organisation

Resolution APP/3025 on the WTO waiver was adopted with 3 amendments.

Follow-Up To Conferences

Resolution APP/3027 on the results of the special session of the United Nations General Assembly of 5-9 June 2000 on "Women 2000: Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century" was adopted unanimously.

Resolution APP/3044/COMP on follow-up to Copenhagen-Geneva Conferences was adopted unanimously.

Fishing

Resolution APP/3028/COMP on small-scale fisheries was adopted with 2 amendments.

Traffic Of Human Beings

Resolution APP/3029 on migration flows was adopted with 7 amendments.

Resolution APP/3036 on trafficking in human beings was adopted unanimously.

Aids

Resolution APP/3048/COMP on AIDS was adopted with 11 amendments.

Decentralised Cooperation

Resolution APP/3032 on decentralised cooperation was adopted with 9 amendments.

Central Africa And The Great Lakes

Resolution APP/3005/COMP on the situation in Burundi was adopted with 19 amendments.

Resolution APP/3041 on situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo was adopted with 6 amendments.

Resolution APP/3008 on the situation in the Great Lakes Region: vote by separate houses: the ACP voted with 30 in favour, 3 against and 6 abstentions and the EP representatives voted with 40 in favour, 43 against and 1 abstention. The motion for a resolution was therefore rejected.

Resolution APP/3038 on the situation in the Great Lakes Region: vote by separate houses: the ACP voted with 19 in favour, 12 against and 10 abstentions and the EP representatives voted with 1 in favour, 42 against and 0 abstentions. The motion for a resolution was therefore rejected.

Resolution APP/3009 on improving regional infrastructures in Central Africa was adopted with 1 amendment.

Southern Africa

Resolution APP/3010 on the situation in Zimbabwe: secret vote by separate houses: the ACP voted with 37 in favour, 4 against and 3 abstentions and the EP representatives voted with 13 in favour, 4 against and 25 abstentions. The motion for a resolution was adopted with 9 amendments.

Resolution APP/3047/COMP on the situation in Zimbabwe: secret vote by separate houses: the ACP voted with 12 in favour, 30 against and 3 abstentions and the EP representatives voted with 33 in favour, 7 against and 0 abstentions. The motion for a resolution was therefore rejected.

East Africa

Resolution APP/3046 on the situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea: adopted with 2 amendments.

Central America

Resolution APP/3049 on the impact on Belize of Hurricane Keith was adopted unanimously.

4. Appointment of General Rapporteur for 2001

The General Rapporteur would be an EP representative. The name would be communicated later.

5. Date and place of next meeting

Mr Robleh (Ethiopia) said that Ethiopia had offered to host the following session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly. In response to a question from Mr Schwaiger as to whether all ACP countries would be able to take part were it to be held there, Mr Robleh replied in the affirmative.

Mr Komba (Congo) said that ACP members would like to expand their knowledge of Europe through the holding of the EU meetings somewhere other than Brussels. The Co-President suggested that they might be held in the country holding the EU Presidency.

The Co-President said that the choice of country to host the following session was up to the ACP side to decide, and he asked that the name of the country so chosen be communicated if at all possible by 6 November to allow adequate time for preparation.

(The sitting closed at 3 p.m.)

Louis Serge Clair

andJohn Corrie

Co-Presidents

Jean-Robert Goulongana

andDietmar Nickel

Co-Secretaries-General

Annex I

Alphabetical list of members of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

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Annex II

Record of attendance

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Also present:

CERCAS, DOVER, GAHLER, KLASS, KNOLLE, KORHOLA AND RUBIG

Observers:

Cuba: MUJICA CANTELAR, ALFONSO LEDESMAR, HERNANDEZ FLEITAS

Apologies for absence:

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, BAHAMAS, COMOROS, CHAD, KIRIBATI, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF), NAURU, NIUE, PALAU, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, SEYCHELLES, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, TANZANIA, TONGA, TUVALU, VANUATU

Also present:

ANGOLA

BARRADAS

CABONGO

CHISSOLUCOMBE

DOS SANTOS

MATOS GALA

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ALOGO NCHAMA

ELA ASUMU LIBRADA

CORREIA

EVUNA

MBA BELA

MBA OLO ANDEME

MOCONG ONGUENE

BARBADOS

PHILIPS

BELIZE

DIEGO-GREY

BENIN

AKPLOGAN

FATON

HOUSSOU

MONNOU

BOTSWANA

CHINGAPANE

GEORGE

MASISI

MOLOSI

MUGABE

BURKINA FASO

BALIMA

BOUDA

KERE

PARE

SOURABIE

BURUNDI

KABURUNDI

NIYUNGEKO

CENTRAL AFRICAIN REPUBLIC

MAITAR DJIMAREN

MOLOVA

ZOUNGUERE-SOKAMBI

CONGO, D.R. OF

BAKONGO BEATON

HAMULI MUPENDA

KALIMBA MUKABILA

KANDALA

KASONGO NUMBI

LOLEKO NDIA

LONGOMO

MANGAYA YANGE

MULUMBA

SAFOU

TSHIBOLA

COOK ISLANDS

GOSSELIN

TODD

COTE D'IVOIRE

BANNY

GBAKAYORO GBIZIE

N'GUESSAN N'ZEBO

RICCI

DJIBOUTI

CHEHEM

DINI

HAMADOU

MEIGAGUE

YABEH

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ABREU

ÁLVAREZ

BROS

SÁNCHEZ

ERITREA

GHEBREMEDHIN

GHEBREAB

NEGASSI KASSA

ETHIOPIA

AMANUEL

BRIYE RETTA

DARSEMA

DELIL

ROBLEH

TERUNEH ZENNA

FIJI

BOLADUADUA

MATAITOGA

GABON

AKOUMBOU

ANGUILE

EBIBI-MBA

EDZIMA

MACKAYA

MEKOGO MENDONG

MVE EBANG

NDONG OVONO

NDONG-NGOUA

NGOYE MALOUMBI

POSSO

RANOZINAULT

REKANGALT

RETOUANO

SACKYSS

YOUBI-LAGHA

GAMBIA

TOURAY

GHANA

OYE-MANSA YEBOAA

TACHIE-MENSON

TAKYI

GUYANA

CHUCK-A-SANG

HAITI

AZOR-CHARLES

CHRISTALLIN

DESILUS

DESRAS

JOSEPH

MOMPREVIL

PIERRE

PRINCE

RAYMOND

JAMAICA

BARNES

FENDER

KORDAS

MATHESON

SAUNDERS

CAMEROON

BAH

BYAKOLO BYAKOLO

TSESSUE

CAPE VERDE

MONTEIRO MARTA

WAHNON PERREIRA

KENYA

KARUGU

KOMBO

MITEI

M'MELLA

NKURAIYIA

SIALAI

SOKOTO

CONGO

BOMBETE

DIMI

GANFINA

NGAKALA

OBIA

OSSENGUE

LESOTHO

LECHESA

LEWAKANE

PULUMO

LIBERIA

DAHN

TELEWODA

TOWSEND

WILLIAMS

MADAGASCAR

BERIZIKY

INDRIANJAFY

RANDIAMAHALEO

MALAWI

KHANYIZIRA

MALI

AGHAMANI

DANSOKO

DIALLO

DIARRA

GAKOU

IMBARCAOUANE

NDIAYE

MAURITANIA

DIAW

MAURITIUS

GOVINDEN

KOODORUTH

MUNGUR

SERVANSING

WAN CHAT KWONG

MOSAMBIQUE

ZAQUEU

NAMIBIA

BIWA

KAUTWIMA

NGAVIRUE

SCOTT IDHENGA

NIGER

ABDOURAHAMANE

ABDOU-SALEYE

BALARABE

BOUREIMA

HAMA ASSA

IBRAHIM

NIGERIA

ABDULLAHI GUMEL

AJULU-OKEKE

NWA JUBA

OLADEJI

OLAITUNDE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

TUMBU

RWANDA

BIHOZAGARA

BUTARE

CYITATIRE

UYISENGA

SOLOMON ISLANDS

MA'AHANUA

SAMOA

MEREDITH

SENEGAL

KANDE

SAMB

MARA

N'DIAYE

SUDAN

ABDALLA SHIDO

ELHIGAZI

GALAL H. ATABANI

HAMRA

HOILE

LUKUDO

MAKKI M. OSMAN

MANIANG

SURINAME

KRUISLAND

SARDJOE

SITAL

SPIER

STRUIKEN-CODRINGTON

SOUTH AFRICA

FREDERICKS

MANLEY

PELE

RITTER

SKOLO

TALJAARD

TSHEOLE

SWAZILAND

T.A. DLAMINI

S.P. DLAMINI

S. DLAMINI

ZEEMAN

TOGO

AKAKPO

BAGOUDOU

KLUTSE

NYAWOUAME

PERE

SÉBADÉ

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

LAVEAU

UGANDA

BALINDA

KAGORO

KIRASO

KWOBA

MIGEREKO

TEMBO

ZAMBIA

CHILESHE

CHILIMBOYI

SAKALA

ZIMBABWE

CHILESHE

CHIPARE

GOKO

GUMBO

NKOMANI

NYAKKOTYO

ACP-EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

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COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INTEREST GROUPS

de PAUL de BARCHIFONTAINE (Economic and Social Committee)

MEYER (ACP)

CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISE (CDE)

NAIRAC

TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION (CTA)

BURGUET

GREENIDGE

OAU

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ACP SECRETARIAT

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EU SECRETARIAT

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Annex III

Resolutions adopted

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