By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS (IDN) – Dr. P.I. Gomes, Secretary General of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (OACPS), sees “great scope” for the 79-nation grouping in 2020 to be “a powerful catalyst and advocate to accelerate implementation” of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the 2030 Agenda.
Nairobi Summit Leads to ‘A Transformed ACP Committed to Multilateralism’
By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS (IDN) – The heads of government and state of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States have taken a decisive step towards “A Transformed ACP Committed to Multilateralism”. At their 9th Summit, they have revised the constitutive act, the 1975 Georgetown Agreement. An important outcome of the December 9-10 Summit […]
79 ACP States Resolve to Combat Terrorism and Climate Crisis
By Robert Kibet NAIROBI (IDN) – Threats of terrorism to global peace as an evolving transnational menace, coupled with the growing threat of climate change and the disruption it continues to cause among member states of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) requires them to lead from the front in providing recommendations on how the […]
79-Nation ACP & the EU Call for Implementing the Paris Accord
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS | MADRID (IDN) – The 79-nation African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union, which together make up more than half of the signatories to the Paris Agreement on climate change, have called for increased ambition at global level to close the gap between the commitments made […]
ACP 9th Summit Stresses Commitment to Multilateralism
By Robert Kibet NAIROBI (IDN) – “Ensuring that democracy, peace and prosperity prevails everywhere in the world, amidst global turbulence, increasing state of fragility in our countries, large or small, is at the heart of a transformed ACP group of states,” Dr. Patrick I. Gomes, outgoing Secretary General of ACP told the official inauguration of […]
79-Nation ACP Promotes SDGs Jointly with the Private Sector
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) – The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States is committed to helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 79 countries in its fold. In doing so, it subscribes to the view that to realise the 17 Goals as outlined in Agenda 2030 will require actors across […]
EU Boosts Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture in ACP States
OSLO (IDN | ACP) – The EU, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed at the Our Ocean 2019 conference on October 23 a €40 million, five-year programme to boost the development of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Africa, the Caribbean […]
ACP-FAO Step Up Actions to End Hunger and Malnutrition
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) –The ACP Secretariat joined with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to observe the World Food Day 2019 with the aim to step up actions to end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms possible by 2030.
ACP-EU Culture Programme Launched in Niger
NIAMEY (IDN | ACP) – The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, in partnership with the European Commission (EC), launched a new Programme to support the cultural sector, ACP-EU Culture. Themed, “Towards a sustainable cultural industry”, the programme was officially launched and presented by Léonard-Emile Ognimba, Deputy Secretary-General of the ACP Group, at […]
ACP Group Re-affirms Commitment to Cultural Sector
NIAMEY (IDN | ACP) – Senior Technical Officials of some 50+ ACP countries will meet over the next two days at the Palais de Congrès in Niamey, Niger to prepare for the 5th Meeting of ACP Ministers of Culture and assess the implementation of the 32 commitments made at the 4th ACP Ministerial Meeting in […]