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| 30.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 120/9 |

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MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2004

(2004/C 120/04)

(The sitting resumed at 9.20 a.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

1.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: Bébéar (for Averoff), Boumediene-Thiery (for Lucas), Bremmer (for Gouveia), Bushill-Matthews (for Balfe), Gahler (for Foster), García-Margallo y Marfil (for Musotto), Klass (for Vidal-Quadras Roca), Knolle (for Sudre), McAvan (for McCarthy), Ribeiro (for Vinci), Roure (for Carlotti) and Scarbonchi (for Wurtz).

2.   Approval of the minutes of Tuesday afternoon 17 February and Wednesday afternoon 18 February 2004

The minutes were approved.

3.   Report on the United Nations World Summit on the Information society (Geneva, 10-12 December 2003)

Mrs Junker made a presentation on this subject.

The following spoke: Wijkman, Kamestou (Kenya), van den Berg, Boureïma (Niger), Khanbhai, Kamuntu (Uganda) and Junker.

4.   Rapporteur's summary of the workshops

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| — | Mrs Sanders-ten Holte on food security in the Horn of Africa. |

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| — | Mr Ndayisaba (Burundi) on health and education in the Horn of Africa. |

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| — | Mr Lesrima (Kenya) on the development of the private sector in Ethiopia. |

The following spoke: Sanders-ten Holte, Ndayisaba (Burundi), Lesrima (Kenya) and Lulling.

5.   Continuation of the debate on the urgent topic ‘damage caused by cyclones in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean and the need for a rapid response to natural disasters’ (ACP-EU 3669/04)

The following spoke: Safuneitunga (Samoa), Howitt, Sithole (Mozambique) and Malin (European Commission).

6.   Vote on the motions for resolutions in the reports of the three committees and on the urgent motions for resolutions

The following spoke: Khanbhai, Callanan, Imbarcaouane (Mali) and Rod.

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| — | APP/3643 on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA): problems and prospects: adopted with 13 amendments |

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| — | APP/3601 on conflict prevention and resolution and the establishment of a lasting peace: adopted unanimously with 18 amendments |

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| — | APP/3640 on poverty diseases and reproductive health in ACP countries in the context of the ninth EDF: adopted with 8 amendments |

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| — | APP/3668 on cotton and other commodities: problems encountered by ACP countries: adopted unanimously with 17 amendments |

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| — | APP/3669/COMP on the damage caused by cyclones in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean and the need for a rapid response to natural disasters: adopted unanimously with 3 amendments. |

7.   Any other business

The Co-President observed that this would be the last session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly to be attended by Honorary Co-President John Corrie. She thanked him for his work and bid him farewell in the name of the Assembly.

The following spoke: Straker (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), the Co-President, Sardjoe and Corrie.

8.   Date and place of the 8th session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The 8th session of the JPA would be held in the Hague (the Netherlands) from 22 to 25 November 2004.

(The sitting closed at 12 a.m.)

Ramdien SARDJOE and Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Jean-Robert GOULONGANA and Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries-General

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