MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF TUESDAY,23 NOVEMBER 2004

(2005/C 80/02)

(The sitting opened at 9.15)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

1.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: van den Berg (for Dobolyi), Badía i Cutchet (for Pleguezuelos Aguilar).

2.   Debate on budgetisation of the European Development Fund in relation to the work of the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade

Mr Cornillet and Mr Matongo (Zambia), co-rapporteurs, reported on progress in drawing up the report. The co-rapporteurs said the report would be ready for the next session of the JPA in spring 2005.

Speakers: Cornillet, Matongo (Zambia), Imbarcaouane (Mali), Deva, Nyassa (Cameroon), Gunness (Mauritius), van den Berg, Yao (Burkina Faso), Rawiri (Gabon), Weldegiorgis (Eritrea), Martínez Martínez, François (Saint Lucia), Schlyter, Dawaleh (Djibouti), Olango (Ethiopia), Sekou (Guinea), Diallo (Guinea), Anggo (Papua New Guinea), Natchaba (Togo), Faure (Seychelles) and Theodorakis (European Commission).

Mr Matongo and Mr Cornillet closed the debate.

3.   Urgent topic 2: The damage caused by cyclones in the Caribbean

Speakers: Hay-Webster (Jamaica), Bawa Bwari (Nigeria), Deva, Straker (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Weldegiorgis (Eritrea), Scheele, Herbert (Saint Kitts and Nevis), François (Saint Lucia), Poghisio (Kenya), Aubert, Anggo (Papua New Guinea) and Vergès.

The Co-President announced that there were still five names on the list of speakers. The debate would be resumed on Wednesday, 24 November 2004.

4.   Statement by Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court, followed by a debate

Mr Kirsch briefly described the background to the creation of the ICC and gave an overview of its jurisdiction and activities.

Speakers: Deva, Straker (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Grabowska, Davies (South Africa), Van Hecke, Idje (Benin), Aubert, Metsing (Lesotho), Callanan, Rivière (Dominica), Carlotti, Humphrey (Barbados), Novak and Amon Ago (Côte d'Ivoire).

Mr Kirsch replied to the speakers.

The Co-President announced that the following workshops would be held that afternoon.

(The sitting closed at 13.00)