Working Party on ACP Countries' Debts

Working Party on Urban Development in the ACP Countries

Working Group on the situation of refugees and displaced persons in the ACP countries in the context of humanitarian aid policy

Nordic Working Group on Measures against South Africa

Working Group of the Non-Aligned Countries for the Observance of the Fortieth Anniversary of the United Nations

Working Group of Non-Independent Countries

4. These terms and conditions are without prejudice to terms and conditions that may be imposed upon ACP countries subject to restrictive borrowing conditions under the heavily indebted poor countries (“HIPC”) or other internationally agreed debt sustainability frameworks.

In particular, in addition and complementary to the measures agreed with partner countries in the context of the cooperation pursued under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance, the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, the Development Cooperation Instrument, the Cotonou Agreement with ACP countries, the Instrument for Cooperation with Industrialised Countries and other high-income countries and territories and the Instrument for Stability, the Community provides assistance under this Regulation that addresses global, regional, national and local human rights and democratisation issues in partnership with civil society ...[+++] understood to span all types of social action by individuals or groups that are independent from the state and active in the field of human rights and democracy promotion.

9. Urges the Commission to act in accordance with the Cotonou objective of poverty eradication and to support the social and economic development of each regional grouping, and in particular the economically weaker countries in each grouping who might otherwise be marginalised, and to accept the necessity of greater flexibility — in terms of the timetable for negotiations regarding progressive trade opening, the length of the transition period and the degree of product coverage — if long-term sustainable development is to be the overall outcome of the EPAs; stresses that EPAs should help ACP cou ...[+++]ntries to integrate in the global economy, by stimulating development through trade and taking into consideration the asymmetry of their economies;

A strengthened partnership and an enhanced political dialogue between the Pacific ACP countries and the EU can better support joint actions in multilateral fora (thirteen Pacific ACP countries are members of the UN and they often act as a group), where the two regions often share interests in improved global governance, for instance on climate change.