Resolution on elections and electoral processes in ACP and EU countries



Official Journal 058 , 01/03/2008 P. 0018 - 0025



Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 22 November 2007 (2008/C 58/04) (The sitting opened at 9.10 a.m.) IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK Co-President 1. Substitutes The Co-President announced the following substitutes: Berman (for Arif), Czarnecki (for Aylward), García Margallo y Marfil (for López-Istúriz White), Hutchinson (for Rosati), Klass (for Gaubert), Neris (for Bullmann) and Pomés Ruiz (for Coelho). 2. Approval of the minutes of Wednesday 21 November 2007 The minutes were approved. 3. Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with special responsibility for development and humanitarian aid Mr Michel made a statement on behalf of the Commission. 4. Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 13th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Wiesbaden (Germany) The Commissioner referred to a document that had been distributed detailing the follow-up by the Commission to the resolutions adopted in Wiesbaden. 5. Debate with the Commission Speakers: Deerpalsing (Mauritius), Martens, Jímenez (Dominican Republic), Hutchinson, Thwalia (Swaziland), Schmidt O., Mporogomyi (Tanzania), Aubert, William (Seychelles), Bowis, Ramotar (Guyana), Lehideux, Sithole (South Africa), Fernandes, Rodgers (Suriname), Berman, Thomas (St Kitts and Nevis) and Reid (Jamaica). Mr Michel responded to the points raised in the debate. 6. Vote on the motions for resolutions included in the reports submitted by the three standing committees - Report on elections and electoral processes in ACP and EU countries (ACP-EU/100.123/07/fin.) — Committee on Political Affairs. Co-rapporteurs: Ms Betty Amongi (Uganda) and Mr Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez. The resolution was adopted unanimously. - Report on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP-EU/100.126/07/fin.) — Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade. Co-rapporteurs: Mrs Astrid Lulling and Mr Timothy Harris (Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis). Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were rejected. The amended resolution was adopted with 5 abstentions. - Report on access to healthcare and medicines, with a particular focus on neglected diseases (ACP-EU/100.083/07/fin.) — Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment. Co-rapporteurs: Mr Martin Magga (Solomon Islands) and Mr John Bowis. Two oral amendments were introduced by the EU co-rapporteur and both were adopted. Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were also adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unanimously. 7. Vote on the urgent motions for resolutions - Compromise motion for a resolution on Natural Disasters in ACP States: EU funding for preparedness (EDF funds) and relief (ECHO funds) (ACP-EU/100.173/07/comp.) — replacing resolution APP/100.161, APP/100.162, APP/100.163, APP/100.164, APP/100.165, APP/100.166. Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unanimously. - Compromise motion for a resolution on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in the east of the country, and its impact on the region (ACP-EU/100.174/07/comp.) — replacing resolutions APP 100.167, APP 100.168, APP 100.169, APP 100.170, APP 100.171 and APP 100.172. One corrigendum to the draft EN version of the resolution was annouced. The resolution was adopted unanimously. 8. Approval of Kigali Declaration on Trade Co-president Kinnock underlines the importance of the adoption of the Kigali Declaration on trade. The Assembly approved the Declaration by acclamation. Speaker: Berman 9. Any other business Mr Ould Guelaye (Mauritania) thanked the Rwandan authorities, and, in particular, President Kagame and the Rwandan Parliament for their hospitality and for all their efforts in organising the 14th session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Kigali and the accompanying social events. 10. Date and place of the 15th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly The 15th session of the JPA would be held from 17 to 20 March 2008 in Ljubljana (Slovenia). (The sitting closed at 11.10 a.m.) René Radembino-Coniquet and Glenys Kinnock Co-Presidents Sir John Kaputin and Dietmar Nickel Co-Secretaries-General -------------------------------------------------- Annex I Alphabetical list of members of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP Representatives | EP Representatives | RADEMBINO-CONIQUET (GABON), Co-President | KINNOCK, Co-President | BENIN (VP) | GAHLER (VP) | CAMEROON (VP) | MANTOVANI (VP) | EQUATORIAL GUINEA (VP) | (VP) | GHANA (VP) | CARLOTTI (VP) | JAMAICA (VP) | MITCHELL (VP) | KENYA (VP) | AUBERT (VP) | NIUE (VP) | LULLING (VP) | SEYCHELLES (VP) | BIELAN (VP) | SOLOMON ISLANDS (VP) | POLFER (VP) | SURINAME (VP) | MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP) | ZAMBIA (VP) | BOWIS (VP) | ZIMBABWE (VP) | GOUDIN (VP) | ANGOLA | AGNOLETTO | ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | ALLISTER | BAHAMAS | ARIF | BARBADOS | AYLWARD | BELIZE | BEREND | BOTSWANA | BORRELL FONTELLES | BURKINA FASO | BULLMAN | BURUNDI | BUSK | CAPE VERDE | CALLANAN | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | CASHMAN | CHAD | COELHO | COMOROS | CORNILLET | CONGO (Republic of the) | DEVA | CONGO (Democratic Republic of the) | DILLEN | COOK ISLANDS | DOMBROVSKIS | CÔTE D'IVOIRE | FERNANDES | DJIBOUTI | FERREIRA | DOMINICA | GAUBERT | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | GOMES | ERITREA | GRABOWSKA | ETHIOPIA | GRÖNER | FIJI | GURMAI | GAMBIA | HALL | GRENADA | HAUG | GUINEA | HERRANZ GARCĺA | GUINEA-BISSAU | HOLM | GUYANA | JÖNS | HAITI | IRUJO AMEZAGA | KIRIBATI | KACZMAREK | LESOTHO | KORHOLA | LIBERIA | KOZLIK | MADAGASCAR | LANGENDRIES | MALAWI | LEHIDEUX | MALI | LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE | MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of the) | LOUIS | MAURITANIA | MARTENS | MAURITIUS | McAVAN | MICRONESIA (Federated States of) | MAYER | MOZAMBIQUE | MORILLON | NAMIBIA | NOVAK | NAURU (Republic of) | PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR | NIGER | RIBEIRO E CASTRO | NIGERIA | ROITHOVÁ | PALAU | ROSATI | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | SBARBATI | RWANDA | SCHEELE | SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | SCHLYTER | SAINT LUCIA | SCHMIDT F. | SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | SCHMIDT O. | SAMOA | SCHNELLHARDT | SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE | SCHRÖDER | SENEGAL | SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ | SIERRA LEONE | SPERONI | SOMALIA | STURDY | SOUTH AFRICA | VAN HECKE | SUDAN | VAN LANCKER | SWAZILAND | VENETO | TANZANIA | VENTRE | TIMOR-LESTE | de VILLIERS | TOGO | WIELAND | TONGA | WIJKMAN | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | ZÁBORSKÁ | TUVALU | ZANI | UGANDA | ZĪLE | VANUATU | ZIMMER | COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS ACP Members | EP Members | NZOMUKUNDA (BURUNDI), Co-Chairman | CALLANAN, Co-Chairman | LUTUNDULA (CONGO, Democratic Republic of the), VC | JÖNS, VC | DUGUID (BARBADOS), VC | POLFER, VC | ANGOLA | BIELAN | BELIZE | CARLOTTI | BENIN | COELHO | COOK ISLANDS | DILLEN | DJIBOUTI | GAHLER | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | GAUBERT | FIJI | GOMES | GRENADA | GRABOWSKA | GUINEA | GRÖNER | HAITI | GURMAI | LIBERIA | HERRANZ GARCÍA | MAURITANIA | KACZMAREK | NAMIBIA | LÓPEZ ISTÚRIZ | NIGERIA | LOUIS | NIUE | MANTOVANI | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ | SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | MORILLON | SUDAN | SCHMIDT F. | TOGO | VAN HECKE | TUVALU | VENTRE | UGANDA | WIELAND | ZIMBABWE | ZANI | | ZIMMER | COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND TRADE ACP Members | EP Members | EVERISTUS (SAINT LUCIA), Co-Chairman | SCHLYTER, Co-Chairman | SEBETELA (BOTSWANA), VC | DOMBROVSKIS, VC | DARBO (CHAD), VC | RIBEIRO E CASTRO, VC | CAMEROON | AGNOLETTO | CONGO (Republic of the) | BEREND | CÔTE D'IVOIRE | BULLMANN | ERITREA | BUSK | ETHIOPIA | CORNILLET | GABON | DEVA | GHANA | FERREIRA | GUYANA | IRUJO AMEZAGA | KENYA | KINNOCK | MALI | KOZLÍK | MAURITIUS | LANGENDRIES | MICRONESIA (Federal States of) | LEHIDEUX | PALAU | LULLING | SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | MAYER | SAMOA | McAVAN | SENEGAL | PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR | SIERRA LEONE | ROSATI | SOUTH AFRICA | SPERONI | SWAZILAND | STURDY | TANZANIA | VAN LANCKER | TONGA | de VILLIERS | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | ZĪLE | ZAMBIA | WIJKMAN | COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT ACP Members | EP Members | OUMAROU (NIGER), Co-Chairman | SCHEELE, Co-Chairwoman | MAGGA (SOLOMON ISLANDS), VC | NOVAK, VC | SITHOLE (MOZAMBIQUE), VC | ARIF, VC | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | ALLISTER | BAHAMAS | AUBERT | BURKINA FASO | AYLWARD | CAPE VERDE | BORRELL FONTELLES | COMOROS | BOWIS | DOMINICA | CASHMAN | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | FERNANDES | GAMBIA | GOUDIN | GUINEA BISSAU | HALL | JAMAICA | HAUG | KIRIBATI | HOLM | LESOTHO | KORHOLA | MADAGASCAR | MARTENS | MALAWI | MITCHELL | MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of) | ROITHOVA | NAURU | SBARBATI | RWANDA | SCHMIDT O. | SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE | SCHNELLHARDT | SEYCHELLES | SCHRÖDER | SOMALIA | SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ | SURINAME | VENETO | TIMOR-LESTE | … (GUE/NGL) | VANUATU | ZÁBORSKÁ | -------------------------------------------------- Annex II Record of attendance at the session from 19 to 22 November in Kigali (Rwanda) RADEMBINO-CONIQUET (Gabon), Co-President | KINNOCK, Co-President | DE SOUSA (Angola) | AGNOLETTO | HUMPHREY (Barbados) [*] | ATTARD-MONTALTO (for FERREIRA) [2] [3] [4] | DAYORI (Benin) (VP) | AUBERT (VP) | SEBETELA (Botswana) | BATTILOCCHIO (for McAVAN) [2] [3] | TAPSOBA (Burkina Faso) | BEREND | NZOMUKUNDA (Burundi) | BERMAN (for ARIF) | DANATA (Cameroon) (VP) | BOWIS (VP) | DARBO (Chad) | CALLANAN | BOUNKOULOU (Congo, Republic of the) | CARLOTTI (VP) | GOYA KITENGA (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) | CASHMAN | RASMUSSEN (Cook Islands) | CZARNECKI (for AYLWARD) | AMON-AGO (Côte d'Ivoire) | DEVA [3] [4] [5] | ABDI SAID (Djibouti) | DILLEN [2] [3] | JIMENEZ (Dominican Republic) | FERNANDES | NAIB (Eritrea) | GAHLER (VP) [2] [3] [4] | TOGA (Ethiopia) | GARCIA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL (for LOPEZ-ISTURIZ) [4] [5] | RATURAGA (Fiji) [*] | GOUDIN (VP) [2] [3] [4] | OBIANG NDONG (Gabon) | GRABOWSKA | BAAH (Ghana) (VP) | GURMAI [2] [3] | SALOMON (Guinea Equatorial) | HALL | RAMOTAR (Guyana) | HAUG | SOREL (Haiti) | HUTCHINSON (for ROSATI) | REID (Jamaica) (VP) [*] | IRUJO AMEZAGA | KAHENDE (Kenya) (VP) [*] | JÖNS | MAFURA (Lesotho) | KACZMAREK | KOLLIE (Liberia) | KLASS (for GAUBERT) | ZAFILAZA (Madagascar) | LEHIDEUX | MATOLA (Malawi) | LEINEN (for ZANI) [2] [3] [4] | IMBARCAOUNANE (Mali) | LULLING (VP) | GUELAYE (Mauritania) | MALDEIKIS (for ZILE) | DEERPALSING (Mauritius) | MANTOVANI (VP) [2] [3] [4] | SITHOLE (Mozambique) | MARTENS | MUSHELENGA (Namibia) | MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP) | ISSOUFOU (Niger) | MITCHELL (VP) | WAZIRI (Nigeria) | MORGANTINI (for HOLM) [2] | McCLAY (Niue) [*] | NERIS (for BULLMANN) | AIMO (Papua New Guinea) | NOVAK | POLISI (Rwanda) | POLFER (VP) [2] [3] | THOMAS (Saint Kitts and Nevis) [*] | POMÉS RUIZ (for COELHO) [4] [5] | MARIE (Saint Lucia) | ROITHOVÁ | STRAKER (St Vincent and the Grenadines) | SBARBATI | DIAGNE (Senegal) | SCHMIDT F. [2] [3] [4] | WILLIAM (Seychelles) (VP) | SCHMIDT O. | LAHAI (Sierra Leone) | SCHRÖDER | MA'AHANUA (Solomon islands) | SORNOSA MARTINEZ [2] [3] [4] | SITHOLE (South Africa) | SPERONI [2] [3] | DEKUEK (Sudan) | VAN HECKE | RODGERS (Suriname) (VP) | VAN LANCKER | THWALA (Swaziland) | VENETO | MPOROGOMYI (Tanzania) | WIELAND | ATCHA (Togo) | ZAPALOWSKI (for BIELAN) [2] [3] | MUGAMBE (Uganda) | ZIMMER | TASUL (Vanuatu) | | NJOBVU (Zambia) (VP) | | MAGADU (Zimbabwe) (VP) | | Also present: ANGOLAVALENTEALBERTO | BARBADOSGODDARD | BOTSWANABATLHOKI | BURKINA FASOOUEDRAOGOYERBANGA | BURUNDIMASABOKAVAKURENAHIMANASINDARUSIBANIYONGABOMABOBORI | CAMEROONAWUDU MBAYAHAMATOU KOURBAH OUMAROU SANDA | CHADMAHAMAT OUMAR MALLOUNHAHAMAT HAMDANE DJIMAI | CONGO (Republic of the)IBOVIODZOCKIMBERI | CONGO (Democratic Republic of the)KUTEKALAKAMBAYIBIE BONGENDEKILUBALONGO | CôTE D'IVOIREAMANI | ERITREATEKLE | ETHIOPIAALICHRISTOSABERAAHMEDINKEBEDENEGUSSIE | GABONMBOUMBANDIMALMAKONGOMOUBELOU | GHANAOPPONG-NTIRI | HAITIRICARDMELIUSELOUNENELSON | KENYAWAMBUA | LESOTHOTIHELI | LIBERIABARCALYDUNAH | MALAWIKALICHERO | MAURITANIAZAMELAHMEDOU | MAURITIUSGUNNESSEE | MOZAMBIQUEERNESTOMIGUELMATE | NIGERABDOURHAMANEBAKOCAZALICA | NIGERIASHU'AIBUABDUL'AZIZADEFIDIPE | RWANDAMUKABARANGAHIGIROKANTENGWAMUNYABAGISHAKANZAYIRENKUSI | SENEGALDIOPSOWSALL | SIERRA LEONEKABBA | SOUTH AFRICATHETJENGBASSONMAGAU | SUDANMUSTAFAALLOBABEDRIJERVASE YAK | SURINAMESOMOHARDJOMANSARAMBRADLEY | TANZANIACHECHEMWAKILUMA | TOGOSAGBO | UGANDAATIM-OGWALAMONGIDOMBO | ZAMBIAMBEWE | ZIMBABWECHAMISAMUCHENGETIMANDIZHA | | ACP-EU COUNCIL TELEFONI, Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Industry, Commerce, Labour and Tourism, President-in-office of the ACP Council (Samoa) CRAVINHO, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, President-in-office of the EU Council (Portugal) EUROPEAN COMMISSION MICHEL, Member of the Commission with responsibility for Development and Humanitarian Aid EESC DEFAYE DANTIN COULIBALY CSUPORT SOMVILLE MAKEKA CTA BURGUET BOTO ECOWAS SOFOLA ACP SECRETARIAT KAPUTIN Co-Secretary-General EU SECRETARIAT NICKEL Co-Secretary-General [*] Country represented by a person other than a Member of Parliament. [2] Present on 19 November 2007. [3] Present on 20 November 2007. [4] Present on 21 November 2007. [5] Present on 22 November 2007. -------------------------------------------------- Annex III Annex of the sitting of Monday, 19 November 2007 Accreditation of non-parliamentarian delegates BARBADOS Mr Errol HUMPHREY Ambassador, Embassy of Barbados, Brussels FIJI Mrs Tupou RATURAGA Counsellor, Embassy of Fiji, Brussels JAMAICA Mr Esmond REID Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Jamaica, Brussels KENYA H.E. Mr Marx G.N. KAHENDE Ambassador, Embassy of Kenya, Brussels NIUE H.E. Mr Todd McCLAY Ambassador, Special representative of Niue, Brussels SOLOMON ISLANDS H.E. Mr Joseph MA'AHANUA Ambassador, Embassy of Solomon Islands, Brussels ST. KITTS & NEVIS Dr Arnold THOMAS Chargé d'Affaires Embassy of St Kitts & Nevis, Brussels -------------------------------------------------- Annex IV Resolutions adopted — on elections and electoral processes in ACP and EU countries (ACP- EU/100.123/07/fin.) — on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP-EU/100.126/07/fin.) — on access to healthcare and medicines, with a particular focus on neglected diseases (ACP-EU/100.083/07/fin.) — on natural disasters in ACP States: EU funding for preparedness (EDF funds) and relief (ECHO funds) (ACP-EU/100.173/07/fin.) — on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in the East, and its impact on the region (ACP-EU/100.174/07/fin.) --------------------------------------------------