Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
January 24, 2023
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the organisation's main objectives are sustainable development and poverty reduction within its member states, as well as their greater integration into the world's economy. All of the member states, except Cuba, are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union.
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
The Cotonou Agreement (signed in Cotonou, Benin, in June 2000) is the successor to the Lomé Conventions. One of the major differences from the Lomé Convention is that the partnership is extended to new actors such as civil society, private sector, trade unions and local authorities. These will be involved in consultations and planning of national development strategies, provided with access to financial resources and involved in the implementation of programmes.
Many small island developing states are OACPS states; the fourth Lomé Convention was revised in 1995 in Mauritius and gives special attention to island countries in this agreement. Combined the EU and the members of the OACPS represent over 1.5 billion people and more than half of the seats at the United Nations.[1]
The Cotonou agreement recognises the specific challenges faced by less developed countries, land-locked countries, and islands in their economic development. Therefore, those countries are granted a more favourable treatment than other OACPS member countries. The text of the Cotonou agreement has been updated in 2005 and 2010, but the lists have not, despite the fact that the actual list of LDCs as defined by the United Nations has changed: Cape Verde has graduated from LDC status in December 2007, while Senegal has acquired the status in 2001 and Timor-Leste in 2003. The following lists should thus not be considered as the actual lists of OACPS LDCs and islands (a few islands are also not listed).
Annex VI of the Cotonou agreement lists the following designations:
Least-developed OACPS states
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
the Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Kiribati
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Tuvalu
Togo
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
The Least developed OCTs are the following: Anguilla, Mayotte, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[8]
^"Gomes welcomes new agreement". The Daily Nation. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Together, the EU and the members of the OACPS represent over 1.5 billion people and more than half of the nations at the United Nations. Gomes, who stepped down as secretary general of the 79-member grouping in February this year, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the initialed text will now go to all the member states and can be treated as a public document to await a signing ceremony, possibly before the end of this year as the life of the Cotonou Agreement has been extended to December 31, 2021.
^Economic and technical cooperation : agreement between the United States of America and South Sudan, signed at Juba, September 11, 2012. U.S. Dept. of State. c. 2012. OCLC 815531434.
^TAAF September 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine The islands of the TAAF are located in the southern Indian Ocean and thus if applicable would be associated with the SADC EPA group. The antarctic territory is also located near the south-eastern edge of the Indian Ocean
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The Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States OACPS is a group of countries in Africa the Caribbean and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975 Formerly known as African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACP the organisation s main objectives are sustainable development and poverty reduction within its member states as well as their greater integration into the world s economy All of the member states except Cuba are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific StatesFlagSecretariatBrussels BelgiumOfficial languagesEnglishFrenchGovernment Secretary GeneralGeorges ChikotiEstablishment6 June 1975Websitehttp www acp int Caribbean group East and South Africa group Pacific group West African group Southern African group Central African group East Africa group The Cotonou Agreement signed in Cotonou Benin in June 2000 is the successor to the Lome Conventions One of the major differences from the Lome Convention is that the partnership is extended to new actors such as civil society private sector trade unions and local authorities These will be involved in consultations and planning of national development strategies provided with access to financial resources and involved in the implementation of programmes Many small island developing states are OACPS states the fourth Lome Convention was revised in 1995 in Mauritius and gives special attention to island countries in this agreement Combined the EU and the members of the OACPS represent over 1 5 billion people and more than half of the seats at the United Nations 1 Contents 1 States 1 1 Africa 1 2 Caribbean 1 3 Pacific 1 4 North Atlantic EU OCTs 1 5 South Atlantic dependent territories 1 6 Uninhabited territories 2 Special designations 2 1 Least developed OACPS states 2 2 Landlocked OACPS states 2 3 Island OACPS states 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksStates EditAfrica Edit The African OACPS countries negotiate in five Economic Partnership Agreements groups 2 West Africa CEMAC Southern Africa Development Community East African Community Eastern and Southern Africa with the EU West Africa group ECOWAS plus Mauritania Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo CEMAC plus Sao Tome and Principe DR Congo group ECCAS related Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Sao Tome and Principe EAC group Burundi Kenya Rwanda South Sudan 3 Tanzania Uganda Eastern and Southern Africa group COMESA related Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Seychelles Somalia Sudan Zambia ZimbabweSADC group Angola Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Mozambique Namibia South AfricaCaribbean Edit All countries of the Caribbean Community plus Dominican Republic group negotiate in the CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement EPA with the European Union EU Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and TobagoPacific Edit All developing member states of the Pacific Islands Forum group 4 and Timor Leste negotiate in the Pacific EPA with the EU Fiji Cook Islands Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Timor Leste Tonga Tuvalu VanuatuNorth Atlantic EU OCTs Edit In this region are located the EU overseas countries and territories OCTs of Greenland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon but there are no OACPS states 5 South Atlantic dependent territories Edit In this region are located the U K overseas territories of Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and Falkland Islands but there are no OACPS states 5 Nevertheless Saint Helena is developing links with the SADC EPA group 6 Uninhabited territories Edit The uninhabited EU OCT does not participate in regional integration and does not receive development funding from the EU French Southern and Antarctic Territories located in the Indian Ocean 7 The uninhabited U K overseas territories are not OACPS states and do not receive development funding from the EU British Indian Ocean Territory located in the Indian Ocean South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands located in the South AtlanticSpecial designations EditThe Cotonou agreement recognises the specific challenges faced by less developed countries land locked countries and islands in their economic development Therefore those countries are granted a more favourable treatment than other OACPS member countries The text of the Cotonou agreement has been updated in 2005 and 2010 but the lists have not despite the fact that the actual list of LDCs as defined by the United Nations has changed Cape Verde has graduated from LDC status in December 2007 while Senegal has acquired the status in 2001 and Timor Leste in 2003 The following lists should thus not be considered as the actual lists of OACPS LDCs and islands a few islands are also not listed Annex VI of the Cotonou agreement lists the following designations Least developed OACPS states Edit Angola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde the Central African Republic Chad Comoros the Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Kiribati Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Niger Rwanda Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia Sudan Tanzania Tuvalu Togo Uganda Vanuatu ZambiaThe Least developed OCTs are the following Anguilla Mayotte Montserrat Saint Helena Turks and Caicos Islands Wallis and Futuna Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8 Landlocked OACPS states Edit Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Central African Republic Chad Ethiopia Lesotho Malawi Mali Niger Rwanda Eswatini Uganda Zambia ZimbabweIsland OACPS states Edit Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Cape Verde Comoros Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Fiji Grenada Haiti Jamaica Kiribati Madagascar Mauritius Nauru Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Solomon Islands Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu VanuatuSee also Edit Africa portal Caribbean portal European Union portal Economics portal Oceania portalACP EU Development Cooperation EU ACP Economic Partnership Agreements ACP EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Economic Partnership Agreements EPA with the ACP countries The Courier ACP EU The magazine of Africa Caribbean Pacific and European Union cooperation and relations Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP EU CTA Everything but Arms European Centre for Development Policy ManagementReferences Edit Gomes welcomes new agreement The Daily Nation 17 April 2021 Retrieved 8 June 2021 Together the EU and the members of the OACPS represent over 1 5 billion people and more than half of the nations at the United Nations Gomes who stepped down as secretary general of the 79 member grouping in February this year told the Caribbean Media Corporation CMC that the initialed text will now go to all the member states and can be treated as a public document to await a signing ceremony possibly before the end of this year as the life of the Cotonou Agreement has been extended to December 31 2021 EPA Groups Economic and technical cooperation agreement between the United States of America and South Sudan signed at Juba September 11 2012 U S Dept of State c 2012 OCLC 815531434 That is all member states except Australia and New Zealand a b OCT regional groups Archived September 24 2009 at the Wayback Machine Saint Helena Archived July 4 2010 at the Wayback Machine TAAF Archived September 28 2008 at the Wayback Machine The islands of the TAAF are located in the southern Indian Ocean and thus if applicable would be associated with the SADC EPA group The antarctic territory is also located near the south eastern edge of the Indian Ocean Overseas Association Decision Annex I BExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to ACP countries Secretariat of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACP EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP EU cooperation dossier of Euforic African Voices About EC Aid to Africa The Courier The Magazine of Africa Caribbean Pacific and European Union cooperation and relations CTA s magazine on agriculture in ACP countries Spore Website on EU cooperation for ACP countries Archived 2009 12 11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States amp oldid 1134108742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
