ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 61

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 52
16 March 2009

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Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Partnership Agreement concluded between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part
The 16th session was held in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) from 25 to 28 November 2008.

2009/C 061/1

Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 25 November 2008

1

Formal inaugural sitting

1

Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

1

Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

1

Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives

1

Substitutes

1

Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/100.388)

2

Approval of the minutes of the 15th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 271 of 25.10.2008)

2

Co-Presidents' announcements, including decisions taken at Bureau meeting on 24 November

2

Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade (ACP-EU/100.300/08/fin.) on aid effectiveness and defining official development assistance

2

Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment (ACP-EU/100.247/08/fin.) on the social consequences of child labour and strategies to combat child labour

2

Millennium Development Goals: debate without resolution

3

IT Education in ACP countries: debate without resolution

3

2009/C 061/2

Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 26 November 2008

4

Substitutes

4

Port Moresby Declaration on the current global crisis: debate

4

Urgent Topic No 1: The situation in Mauritania

4

Urgent topic No 2: The situation in Zimbabwe

4

Economic Partnership Agreements — state of play: debate without resolution

4

2009/C 061/3

Minutes of the sitting of Thursday, 27 November 2008

5

Substitutes

5

Statement by the Co-President on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India

5

Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with responsibility for development and humanitarian aid

5

Question Time to the Commission

5

Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 15th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Ljubljana (Slovenia)

5

Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with responsibility for development and humanitarian aid

5

Debate with the Commission

6

Committee on Political Affairs (ACP-EU/100.291/08/fin.) on the protection of civilians during peace-keeping operations by the UN and regional organisations

6

Co-President's announcements

6

Statement by Hon. Lucien Marie-Noël Bembamba, Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs (Burkina Faso), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

6

Statement by Former Minister delegate for Cooperation and Francophony, Mr Pierre-André Wiltzer, representing the President-in-Office of the EU Council

6

Question Time to the Council

6

Debate with the Council

6

Climate Change — impact on small island nations: debate without resolution

6

Presentation by European Economic and Social Committee and regional civil society representatives

7

Country and Regional Strategy Papers for the 10th EDF

7

2009/C 061/4

Minutes of the sitting of Friday, 28 November 2008

8

Substitutes

8

Approval of the minutes of Thursday morning, 27 November 2008

8

Summary reports from the workshops

8

Vote on amendment for revision of the Rules of Procedure

8

Vote on the motions for resolutions included in the reports submitted by the three standing committees

8

Vote on urgent motions for resolutions

8

Adoption of the Port Moresby Declaration on the global food and financial crisis

8

Any other business

9

Date and place of the 17th session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

9

Annex I   Alphabetical list of members of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

10

Annex II   Record of attendance at the session from 25 to 28 November in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

14

Annex III   Annex of the sitting of Tuesday, 25 November 2008

18

Annex IV   Resolutions adopted

19

—   Resolution on the protection of civilians during peacekeeping operations by the UN and regional organisations

19

—   Resolution on aid effectiveness and defining official development assistance

26

—   Resolution on the social consequences of child labour and strategies to combat child labour

31

—   Resolution on the situation in Mauritania

37

—   Resolution on the situation in Zimbabwe

40

—   Port Moresby declaration on the global food and financial crises

42

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