Decision on Economic Partnership Agreement of the 6th ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government on Economic Partnership Agreement
With this document sir John Kaputin, Secretary‐general of the Acp group of states, underlined that “promoting human security and development" is extremely relevant. “There is no greater challenge to the ACP Family today, than the quest for guaranteed human security coupled with tangible development for the benefit of the entire ACP population of 700 million people. The recent events such as the global financial crises, oil price increase, escalation in food prices, hurricanes and droughts orchestrated by climate change, all point to the need for high‐level dialogue and concerted joint actions”.
Touching on aid effectiveness, The Secretary general said that “the ACP States and the European tax payers are confounded by the fact that despite many years of donor‐aid, the beneficiary ACP States continues to languish in poverty. It is necessary to address the cause for the ineffectiveness of aid”. Therefore, it is fitting that has been held an international High‐Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. “We look forward to the effective implementation of the Accra Agenda for Action”, stated John Kaputin. The process has let to a split of the Group into states that have embraced the full EPAs and others which have doubts, and have persistently expressed concerns about the scope and content of these agreements.
Addressing all contentious issues will smooth the way for the successful conclusion of the EPA process and produce an agreement that will be embraced by both sides. “This important and topical issue is on your agenda – added Kaputin ‐ and you will be called upon to provide the political guidance and leadership, in charting the best way forward, taking into account the need to retain the European Union as a key development partner
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