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JOINT ASSEMBLY OF THE CONVENTION CONCLUED BETWEEN THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (ACP-EC)

RESOLUTION () on the establishment of the Permanent International Criminal Court

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Luxembourg from 23 to 26 September 1996,

A. having regard to the growing number of war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in a large number of countries and which go unpunished,

B. whereas public opinion is increasingly aware of the need to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice,

C. whereas it is urgently necessary to create the basic core of an impartial international justice system, principally in order to try war crimes and crimes against humanity wherever they may be committed,

D. whereas significant progress has been made in this direction thanks to the creation and the first concrete actions of the ad hoc international tribunals on former Yugoslavia and Rwanda,

E. welcoming the fact that there is no provision for the death penalty either in the Statutes of the ad hoc tribunals or in the draft Statutes of the permanent court,

F. whereas the 50th session of the UN General Assembly formally decided in autumn 1995 to instruct a Preparatory Committee to complete the work on drawing up the Statutes of the International Court with a view to enabling the UN to convene the Constituent Conference of the Permanent International Criminal Court,

G. whereas the Preparatory Committee closed its last session on 30 August 1996, calling on the UN General Assembly to convene the Plenipotentiary Diplomatic Conference before the end of 1998,

H. whereas in spite of this positive outcome, obtained chiefly as a result of the determination of a large number of Member States of the European Union, there is still strong opposition from some countries as well as reservations from two Member States of the EU, and whereas it is more than ever necessary to overcome these obstacles in order to permit the final consolidation of an international criminal jurisdiction,

I. whereas the Italian Government has already declared itself willing to host the Plenipotentiary Diplomatic Conference for the establishment of the Court,

J. whereas the work of a Permanent International Criminal Court may be followed by that of a 'truth commission`,

1. Formally invites the ACP-EU Council and its Member States to support the need to establish the Permanent International Criminal Court, and to act in concert at the 51st General Assembly of the UN to ensure that it renews the mandate of the Preparatory Committee and take the decision to convene a Plenipotentiary Diplomatic Conference to establish an International Criminal Court before the end of 1998;

2. Calls on international and regional organizations and institutions to cooperate with the Preparatory Committee for the Plenipotentiary Diplomatic Conference before the end of 1998;

3. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the Commission and the United Nations.
Joint Assembly of the Convention concluded between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) - Resolutions adopted on beef exports to South Africa (ACP-EU/2091/97/fin.)

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Brussels from 17 to 20 March 1997,

A. having regard to the importance of rural development and the campaign against poverty to European development policy in southern Africa,

B. having regard to the prominent place of cattle breeding in the rural economy of southern Africa,

C. deeply concerned at the drastic fall in the earnings of cattle breeders in South Africa, which should be attributed to the sharp rise in subsidized beef exports from the EU to South Africa,

D. disturbed at the sudden decline in the marketing, promoted by EU development policy, of beef in northern Namibia,

E. whereas South Africa and Lesotho have been classified as part of the area for the highest export refunds (1),

F. having regard to the existing customs union and the associated free movement of goods between South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (SACU), and to EU beef imports from Namibia and Botswana,

G. having regard to requests from South Africa and Namibia to scrap EU export refunds for beef exports to South Africa,

H. convinced that in the interests of stabilizing self-sufficiency in food and security of food supply throughout the world it must be permissible to construct effective external protection in the case of food imports,

1. Calls on the Commission and Council to scrap export refunds for beef exports to South Africa and Lesotho, since the target zone of such exports is in fact the SACU and not individual Member States of the SACU;

2. Calls on the Commission and Council to set up forthwith a common permanent forum for all those concerned, with the participation of the European Parliament, to guarantee close coordination between the institutions and prevent a lack of cohesion between EU development policy and the common agricultural policy;

3. Calls on the Commission and Council not to devolve the costs and risks that have arisen in the present crisis in the EU beef market to third countries and accordingly to exercise the utmost care when monitoring the origin of beef exported to third countries, in order to preclude any further spreading of BSE in third countries and imperilling those countries' consumers;

4. Calls on the Commission and Council totally to abolish export refunds at the next WTO negotiations and in the forthcoming review of the CAP, and to use the negotiating margin thus obtained to establish minimum cost prices and social/ecological criteria for the trade in foodstuffs;

5. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the Commission, the ACP-EU Council and the parliaments and governments of the SACU States.(1) OJ L 282 , 1. 11. 1996, p. 4.
Joint Assembly of the Convention concluded between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) - Resolutions adopted on anti-personnel mines (ACP-EU/2077/97/fin.)

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Brussels from 17 to 20 March 1997,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on anti-personnel mines,

- having regard to the joint actions of the Council on anti-personnel mines, notably those of 12 May 1995 and 1 October 1996,

A. whereas the menace of anti-personnel mines affects a number of ACP countries, jeopardizing any prospect of sustained development for the populations in the affected areas,

B. drawing attention therefore to the crucial importance of the mine removal effort agreed by the international community and particularly the European Union,

C. calling to mind the disappointing conclusion of the conference to review the UN Convention of certain conventional weapons, and notably Protocol II on anti-personnel mines,

D. having regard to the outcome of the Ottawa Conference held on 3, 4 and 5 October 1996 on the issue of anti-personnel mines, and the follow-up programme agreed on that occasion,

1. Welcomes the Ottawa Declaration for an international and legally binding agreement on a total and general ban on anti-personnel mines, and supports any diplomatic initiative to bring about that aim;

2. Requests the ACP States and the Member States of the Union to promote in all international fora, and particularly within the Geneva Conference on disarmament, a total ban on antipersonnel mines;

3. Deplores the fact that the funds allocated by the European Union to mine removal operations and mine removal training have been substantially reduced in 1997 and urges the European authorities to restore the Union's financial contribution to a level commensurate with the challenges facing the developing countries in the shape of mine removal, rehabilitation and reintegration of the victims;

4. Calls on the Commission of the European Communities not to fund projects and programmes submitted by European undertakings which manufacture anti-personnel mines;

5. Wishes the Union's research activities on mine removal to be guided towards mechanical techniques permitting faster removal of laid mines in improved safety conditions;

6. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the Commission and the UN Secretary General.
RESOLUTION(1)

on the situation in Somalia

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Nassau (Bahamas) from 11 to 14 October 1999,

- having regard to its earlier resolutions on the situation in Somalia,

A. having heard a verbal report by the Organisation of African Unity's observer to the effect that the situation in Somalia is characterised by a lack of political will on the part of the main players and the leaders of the armed factions to work towards a comprehensive national reconciliation process,

B. noting the efforts made by the OAU standing committee on Somalia, which comes under the auspices of the IGAD member states and includes Egypt, the European Union, the United Nations and the USA,

C. whereas Somalia remains a State party to the convention on ACP-EU cooperation; whereas, therefore, the Joint Assembly has a duty to monitor developments in that country,

1. Reaffirms that the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Somalia as a united and indivisible State must be preserved;

2. Expresses concern at the slow progress made in promoting peace, stability and national reconciliation in Somalia;

3. Emphasises that the Somalis themselves bear the main responsibility for the restoration of peace in Somalia, and calls on the leaders of all the Somali factions to seek a greater convergence of views and to make a positive response to the efforts being made at regional and international level to achieve peace and national reconciliation in Somalia;

4. Deplores the resumption of fighting between rival factions in some parts of Somalia and the extremely adverse impact this is having in humanitarian terms and on the civilian population;

5. Deplores furthermore the growing interference from abroad and the circulation of arms inside the country in defiance of the arms embargo imposed on Somalia under Security Council Resolution 733 (1992), and urges all the parties concerned to comply scrupulously with the terms of that resolution and to refrain from all action likely to lead to a deterioration of the situation in Somalia and hamper efforts to promote peace, stability and national reconciliation in the country;

6. Welcomes the OAU Standing Committee's efforts, which are being coordinated by Ethiopia, to promote peace and national reconciliation in Somalia;

7. Appeals to the international community to continue to furnish humanitarian assistance to those in need in Somalia;

8. Calls on the Joint Bureau to consider sending a fact-finding mission to Somalia to assess the situation on the ground, obtain a commitment from the various parties concerned and submit a report at the earliest opportunity;

9. Calls on the European Union, the United Nations and the OAU to participate in such a mission;

10. Decides that the Joint Assembly shall continue to monitor the situation in Somalia;

11. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the Commission and the Secretaries-General of the UN and the OAU.

(1) Adopted by the ACP-EU Joint Assembly on 14 October 1999 in Nassau (Bahamas).
RESOLUTION(1)

on the death of Dr Julius Nyerere

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Nassau (Bahamas) from 11 to 14 October 1999,

1. Expresses its deepest sympathy, on the death of Dr Julius Nyerere, to his bereaved family and to the people of Tanzania;

2. Pays tribute to Dr Nyerere's great achievements in leading his people to freedom and establishing the Organisation of African Unity;

3. Salutes in particular his recognition of the importance of education, reflected in the name "Mwalimu" (Teacher) which was given to him, his contribution to leading Africa into the post-colonial era, and his efforts, continued up to his final illness, to bring lasting peace to the Great Lakes Region;

4. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the Tanzanian authorities.

(1) Adopted by the ACP-EU Joint Assembly on 14 October 1999 in Nassau (Bahamas).
RESOLUTION(1)

on the situation in the European Union

The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly,

- meeting in Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) from 31 March to 3 April 2003,

A. noting that violent floods in Germany, Austria and central parts of Europe have caused the tragic loss of human lives and the destruction of houses, farms and transport, communication and energy infrastructure,

B. whereas large amounts of hazardous chemicals have been found in the flooded rivers due to flooding of chemical sites in the Czech Republic and in Germany, and risk contaminating agricultural land and the environment in general,

C. whereas this year large parts of the world and millions of people have suffered from either extreme floods or drought: floods in Central Europe, China, eastern China, Bangladesh and Nepal; drought in the north-west of the United States of America, the south-west of Canada, Southern Africa, Australia and western India,

D. whereas, owing to current human-induced climate change, there is a risk of further natural disasters on a similar or even larger scale unless strong action is taken to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions,

E. whereas certain sensitive areas along rivers and valleys have lost a part of their water-absorption capacity due to intensive agriculture and large infrastructure constructions along these valleys and rivers, and the ongoing straightening and deepening of rivers for navigation purposes have increased the risk of floods,

1. Expresses its sympathy in connection with the distress and damage caused to the flood victims in all the affected countries;

2. Warmly welcomes the swift response of the Commission to the flooding in Austria, Germany and several applicant countries;

3. Underlines the need for more action, particularly in the transport and energy sectors, to reduce CO2 emissions by promoting energy saving and renewable sources;

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to rapidly agree on EU and national measures to implement the targets agreed within the Kyoto Protocol, as a first step towards reducing greenhouse gases;

5. Calls on the United States of America to join hands with the international community in fighting climate change and to ratify the Kyoto Protocol at the earliest opportunity;

6. Calls on the Member States to adapt their policy and legislation towards reduced and sustainable land use, to maintain existing flood plains in their natural state or reconstruct former ones, to finance and promote restructuring measures in favour of eco-systems in rivers and valleys, to respect landscape and forests and to protect eco-systems in flood-sensitive areas of rivers and their valleys;

7. Calls on the Member States to clean up their chemical sites and to ensure that they are protected against flooding, so as to avoid contamination of the environment;

8. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council and the European Commission.

(1) Adopted by the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on 3 April 2003 in Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo).
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Calls for the continuation and intensification of diplomatic dialogue and pressure in order to achieve a sustainable settlement of the conflict; stresses that the international community should be ready to react with appropriate means to any blatant breach of the ceasefire and to any actions that undermine the efforts to reach a comprehensive settlement; underlines that the maintenance, reinforcement or reversibility of the EU’s restrictive measures depend on Russia’s own attitude and on the implementation of the Minsk agreements; stresses that there can be no military solution to this or other conflicts in our common neighbourhood; recommends applying similar models of internationally assisted peaceful reintegration of occupied territories into legal and constitutional orders;
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Underlines that the AU, supported by the EU and its Member States, must take an active role in mediating a political solution to achieve lasting peace in South Sudan, including by devoting more resources to the AU’s envoy to South Sudan; urges the EU and its Member States to scale up non-military humanitarian support, the main priority being to answer the UN’s call for funding and stop the food insecurity, in accordance with UN actions and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Resolution by the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly on acceleration of the ratification in the EU national parliaments of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part

(2018/C 343/06)

THE EURONEST PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY,

— having regard to the Constituent Act of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly of 3 May 2011,

— having regard to the Joint Declaration of the Eastern Partnership Summit of 24 November 2017 in Brussels, and to its previous declarations,

— having regard to the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part,

— having regard to the EU-Armenia Partnership Priorities signed on 21 February 2018 in Brussels,

— having regard to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Bureau message for the Eastern Partnership Summit of 24 November 2017,

— having regard to the joint staff working document of 9 June 2017 entitled ‘Eastern Partnership - 20 Deliverables for 2020: Focusing on key priorities and tangible results’ (SWD(2017)0300),

A. whereas through the Joint Declaration of the Eastern Partnership Summit of 24 November 2017 in Brussels, the Summit participants welcomed the signing of the CEPA between the European Union and Armenia on the margins of the Summit;

B. whereas the signature of the CEPA between the EU and Armenia on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels on 24 November 2017 enabled the European Union and Armenia to work more closely together in order to address the existing challenges;

C. whereas Armenia reaffirmed its commitment to this strategic and ambitious partnership with the European Union, which is based on common values, mutual interests and understanding, shared ownership and responsibility, differentiation and mutual accountability, and which brings the Eastern European partner countries closer to the European Union;

D. whereas the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia unanimously ratified the CEPA between the EU and Armenia in 2018;

E. whereas the CEPA between the EU and Armenia has already been ratified by the national parliaments of the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Bulgaria;

The Euronest Parliamentary Assembly,

1. Urges the national parliaments of all EU Member States to ratify the CEPA between the EU and Armenia without undue delay;

2. Welcomes the support of the European Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission and the Council of the European Union in the ratification of the CEPA in the national parliaments of the EU, and expects further efforts to be made in this regard;
6.10.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL273/15
Information onthedateofentryintoforceoftheFrameworkAgreementfor
CommercialandEconomicCooperationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,oftheonepart,and
Canada,oftheotherpart
Sincetheinstrumentsfornotifyingthecompletionoftheproceduresnecessaryforthe
entryintoforceoftheabovementioned Agreement ,whichwassignedon6'July1976,
wereexchangedinBrusselson30September1976,thisAgreemententeredintoforceon
1October1976,inaccordancewithArticleVIIIthereof.
InformationconcerningthedateofentryintoforceoftheInterimAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublic
Theinstrumentsofnotificationoffulfilmentoftheproceduresnecessaryfortheentry
intoforceoftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
thePortugueseRepublic(')wereexchangedon29September1976,andtheAgreement
thereforecomesintoforce,pursuanttoArticle12thereof,on1November1976.
(')OJNoL266,29.9.1976.
NoL64/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.3.81
InformationontheentryintoforceoftheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheArgentineRepublicontradeintextileproducts
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheArgentineRepublic,havingnotifiedeach
otheron21December1979and23December1980,respectively ,ofthecompletionof
theproceduresnecessaryfortheentryintoforceoftheaboveAgreement('),whichwas
signedon18September1979,theAgreemententeredintoforce,inaccordancewith
Article16thereof,on1January1981.
InformationontheentryintoforceoftheAgreementontheestablishment of
theJointCommitteeandtheAgreementontradeinindustrialproducts
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandRomania
SincetheexchangeofinstrumentsofnotificationprovidedforinArticle5oftheAgree­
mentontheestablishment oftheJointCommitteeandinArticle13oftheAgreement
ontradeinindustrialproducts,signedinBrusselson28July1980,tookplaceinBrussels
on17December1980,theseAgreementsenteredintoforceon1January1981.
(')OJNoL298,26.11.1979,p.1.
14.10.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL282/63
InformationconcerningthedateofentryintoforceoftheConventionforthe
conservation ofsalmonintheNorthAtlanticOcean
InaccordancewithArticle17(4)oftheConventionfortheconservationofsalmoninthe
NorthAtlanticOcean('),theGovernmentofCanadadepositedon30September1983its
instrumentofratificationwiththeCounciloftheEuropeanCommunitieswhich,under
Article21(1)oftheConvention ,isthedepositarythereof.
PursuanttoArticle17(5)oftheConvention ,itenteredintoforceon1October1983for
thefollowingparties:Canada,DenmarkfortheFaroeIslands,theEEC,Iceland,Norway
andtheUSA.
(■)OJNoL378,31.12.1982,p.25.
Notice
CouncilDirective83/129/EECof28March1983concerningtheimportationintothe
MemberStatesofskinsofcertainsealpupsandproductsderivedtherefrom(')willapply
from1October1983,asprovidedforinArticle2thereof.
(')OJNoL91,9.4.1983,p.30.
NoL48/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.86
InformationregardingthedateofentryintoforceoftheSupplementary
ProtocoltotheAssociationAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandTurkeyandtheSupplementary Protocolonproductswithinthe
provinceoftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,signedon30June1973(*)
TheexchangeofinstrumentsofratificationbythesignatoryStatestogetherwithformal
notificationoftheconclusionbytheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunitiesrelatingto
theSupplementary ProtocoltotheAssociationAgreementbetweentheEECandTurkey,
consequentontheaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheCommunityandtotheSupple­
mentaryProtocolonproductswithintheprovinceoftheECSC,tookplaceinBrusselson
17February1986.Thus,pursuanttoArticle17(2)oftheEEC-TurkeySupplementary
ProtocolandArticle5(2)oftheECSC-TurkeySupplementary Protocol,bothProtocols
willenterintoforceon1March1986.
(')OJNoL361,31.12.1977,p.1.