INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS ;
CONSCIOUS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING CO-OPERATION AND TRADE AMONG THE ACP STATES ;
RESOLVED TO ESTABLISH A NEW MODEL FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING STATES , COMPATIBLE WITH THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TOWARDS A MORE JUST AND MORE BALANCED ECONOMIC ORDER ;
DESIROUS OF SAFEGUARDING THE INTERESTS OF THE ACP STATES WHOSE ECONOMIES DEPEND TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT ON THE EXPORTATION OF COMMODITIES ;
ANXIOUS TO PROMOTE THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACP STATES BY WIDER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THESE STATES AND THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY ;
HAVE DECIDED TO CONCLUDE THIS CONVENTION , AND TO THIS END HAVE DESIGNATED AS THEIR PLENIPOTENTIARIES :
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS :
RENAAT VAN ELSLANDE ,
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK :
JENS CHRISTENSEN ,
STATE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS , AMBASSADOR ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY :
HANS-JUERGEN WISCHNEWSKI ,
MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;
THE PRESIDENT OF FRENCH REPUBLIC :
PIERRE ABELIN ,
MINISTER FOR CO-OPERATION ;
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND :
GARRET FITZGERALD , TD ,
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC :
FRANCESCO CATTANEI ,
STATE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG :
JEAN DONDELINGER ,
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY ,
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS :
LAURENS JAN BRINKHORST ,
STATE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND :
THE RT . HON . JUDITH HART , MP ,
MINISTER FOR OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ;
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
GARRET FITZGERALD ,
PRESIDENT-IN-OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;
FRANCOIS-XAVIER ORTOLI ,
PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;
CLAUDE CHEYSSON ,
MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;
THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE BAHAMAS :
A . R . BRAYNEN ,
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE BAHAMAS ;
THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS :
STANLEY LEON TAYLOR ,
PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF TRADE , INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA :
THE HON . DR . GAOSITWE KEAGAKWA TIBE CHIEPE ,
MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI :
GILLES BIMAZUBUTE ,
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND CO-OPERATION ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON :
MAIKANO ABDOULAYE ,
MINISTER FOR PLANNING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC :
JEAN PAUL MOKODOPO ,
MINISTER FOR PLANNING ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO :
COMMANDANT ALFRED RAOUL ,
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY ,
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONGO TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE IVORY COAST :
HENRI KONAN BEDIE ,
MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND FINANCE ;
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC