30.4.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 120/9 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2004 (2004/C 120/04) (The sitting resumed at 9.20 a.m.) IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK Co-President 1. Substitutes 6. Vote on the motions for resolutions in the reports of The Co-President announced the following substitutes: Bébéar the three committees and on the urgent motions for (for Averoff), Boumediene-Thiery (for Lucas), Bremmer (for resolutions Gouveia), Bushill-Matthews (for Balfe), Gahler (for Foster), The following spoke: Khanbhai, Callanan, Imbarcaouane (Mali) García-Margallo y Marfil (for Musotto), Klass (for Vidal-Quadras and Rod. Roca), Knolle (for Sudre), McAvan (for McCarthy), Ribeiro (for Vinci), Roure (for Carlotti) and Scarbonchi (for Wurtz). — APP/3643 on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA): problems and prospects: adopted with 13 amendments 2. Approval of the minutes of Tuesday afternoon 17 — APP/3601 on conflict prevention and resolution and the February and Wednesday afternoon 18 February 2004 establishment of a lasting peace: adopted unanimously with The minutes were approved. 18 amendments — APP/3640 on poverty diseases and reproductive health in 3. Report on the United Nations World Summit on the ACP countries in the context of the ninth EDF: adopted Information society (Geneva, 10-12 December 2003) with 8 amendments Mrs Junker made a presentation on this subject. — APP/3668 on cotton and other commodities: problems The following spoke: Wijkman, Kamestou (Kenya), van den encountered by ACP countries: adopted unanimously with Berg, Boureïma (Niger), Khanbhai, Kamuntu (Uganda) and 17 amendments Junker. — APP/3669/COMP on the damage caused by cyclones in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean and the need 4. Rapporteur's summary of the workshops for a rapid response to natural disasters: adopted unani- — Mrs Sanders-ten Holte on food security in the Horn of mously with 3 amendments. Africa. — Mr Ndayisaba (Burundi) on health and education in the 7. Any other business Horn of Africa. The Co-President observed that this would be the last session of — Mr Lesrima (Kenya) on the development of the private the Joint Parliamentary Assembly to be attended by Honorary sector in Ethiopia. Co-President John Corrie. She thanked him for his work and bid him farewell in the name of the Assembly. The following spoke: Sanders-ten Holte, Ndayisaba (Burundi), Lesrima (Kenya) and Lulling. The following spoke: Straker (Saint Vincent and the Grena- dines), the Co-President, Sardjoe and Corrie. 5. Continuation of the debate on the urgent topic ‘damage caused by cyclones in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean and the need for a rapid response to 8. Date and place of the 8th session of the Joint Parlia- natural disasters’ (ACP-EU 3669/04) mentary Assembly The following spoke: Safuneitunga (Samoa), Howitt, Sithole The 8th session of the JPA would be held in the Hague (the (Mozambique) and Malin (European Commission). Netherlands) from 22 to 25 November 2004. (The sitting closed at 12 a.m.) Ramdien SARDJOE and Glenys KINNOCK Jean-Robert GOULONGANA and Dietmar NICKEL Co-Presidents Co-Secretaries-General C 120/10EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 ANNEX I ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE ACP-EU JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY ACP Representatives EP Representatives SARDJOE (SURINAME), Co-President KINNOCK, Co-President BARBADOS, V-P CORNILLET, V-P CONGO, V-P JUNKER, V-P DJIBOUTI, V-P SCHWAIGER, V-P FIJI, V-P MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, V-P GABON, V-P FERRER, V-P NAMIBIA, V-P CARLOTTI, V-P SAINT LUCIA, V-P CORRIE, V-P SIERRA LEONE, V-P BUSK, V-P SOLOMON ISLANDS, V-P BRIENZA, V-P SOUTH AFRICA, V-P ROD, V-P TOGO, V-P THEORIN, V-P UGANDA, V-P SYLLA, V-P ANGOLA ANDREWS ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AVEROFF BAHAMAS AYUSO GONZALEZ BELIZE BALFE BENIN BEREND BOTSWANA van den BERG BURKINA FASO van den BOS BURUNDI BOWIS CAMEROON BULLMANN CAPE VERDE CALLANAN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COÛTEAUX CHAD VAN HECKE COMOROS DESIR COOK ISLANDS FAVA CÔTE D'IVOIRE FERNANDEZ MARTIN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO DYBKJÆR DOMINICA FOSTER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FLESCH EQUATORIAL GUINEA HOWITT ERITREA FRUTEAU ETHIOPIA GEMELLI GAMBIA GHILARDOTTI GHANA GLASE GRENADA GOEBBELS GUINEA GOUVEIA GUINEA-BISSAU HAUG GUYANA ISLER BEGUIN HAITI KARAMANOU JAMAICA KEPPELHOFF-WIECHERT KENYA KHANBHAI KIRIBATI LANNOYE LESOTHO LUCAS LIBERIA LULLING MADAGASCAR McCARTHY MALAWI MAES MALI MANDERS MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC of the) MARTENS MAURITANIA MENDILUCE PEREIRO MAURITIUS MAURO MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES of) MENENDEZ del VALLE MOZAMBIQUE MIRANDA NAURU (REPUBLIC of) MORILLON NIGER MUSOTTO NIGERIA PANNELLA NIUE RIBEIRO E CASTRO 30.4.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 120/11 PALAU SANDBAEK PAPUA NEW GUINEA SANDERS-TEN HOLTE RWANDA SAUQUILLO PEREZ DEL ARCO SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SCHEELE SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SCHNELLHARDT SAMOA SCHÖRLING SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE SJÖSTEDT SENEGAL SOUCHET SEYCHELLES SPERONI SOMALIA SUDRE SUDAN TORRES MARQUES SWAZILAND VAIRINHOS TANZANIA VALENCIANO MARTINEZ-OROZCO TONGA VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO VINCI TUVALU WIELAND VANUATU WIJKMAN ZAMBIA WURTZ ZIMBABWE ZIMMERLING COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS ACP Members EP Members JEAN-PIERRE (HAITI), Vice-President SCHWAIGER, Vice-President FIJI, V-P MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, V-P BURUNDI, V-P VAN DEN BOS, V-P ANGOLA BRIENZA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CALLANAN BELIZE CARLOTTI BENIN DYBKJÆR CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC THEORIN COOK ISLANDS FAVA DJIBOUTI FERNANDEZ MARTIN EQUATORIAL GUINEA KARAMANOU GRENADA GEMELLI GUINEA JUNKER GUYANA MAES LIBERIA MAURO MAURITANIA MORILLON NAMIBIA MUSOTTO NIGERIA RIBEIRO E CASTRO NIUE ROD PAPUA NEW GUINEA SYLLA SUDAN VAN DEN BERG SURINAME VAN HECKE TOGO VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA TUVALU VINCI UGANDA SAUQUILLO PEREZ DEL ARCO ZIMBABWE WIELAND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND TRADE ACP Members EP Members LEBOKA (REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO), Vice-President HOWITT, Vice-President MALI, V-P KHANBHAI, V-P JAMAICA, V-P ZIMMERLING, V-P BOTSWANA BULLMANN CAMEROON CORNILLET COTE D'IVOIRE COUTEAUX DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO CORRIE DOMINICA DESIR ERITREA FERRER ETHIOPIA FLESCH GABON FOSTER GHANA FRUTEAU KENYA GHILARDOTTI MAURITIUS GOEBBELS MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES of) GOUVEIA C 120/12EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 PALAU KINNOCK SAINT LUCIA LANNOYE SAMOA LUCAS SENEGAL LULLING SIERRA LEONE MANDERS SOUTH AFRICA AVEROFF SWAZILAND MIRANDA TANZANIA SANDBÆK TONGA SOUCHET TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SUDRE ZAMBIA TORRES MARQUES COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT ACP Members EP Members MOTHEJOA METSING (LESOTHO), Vice-President WIJKMAN, Vice-President RWANDA SCHEELE, V-P NIGER SCHÖRLING, V-P BAHAMAS ANDREWS BARBADOS AYUSO GONZALEZ BURKINA FASO BALFE CAPE VERDE BEREND CHAD VALENCIANO MARTINEZ-OROZCO COMOROS BOWIS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MENENDEZ DEL VALLE GAMBIA BUSK GUINEA-BISSAU GLASE KIRIBATI HAUG MADAGASCAR ISLER BEGUIN MALAWI KEPPELHOFF-WIECHERT MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC of the) MARTENS MOZAMBIQUE McCARTHY NAURU MENDILUCE PEREIRO SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS PANNELLA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SANDERS-TEN HOLTE SÃO TOME AND PRINCIPE SJÖSTEDT SEYCHELLES SPERONI SOLOMON ISLANDS SCHNELLHARDT SOMALIA VAIRINHOS VANUATU WURTZ 30.4.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 120/13 ANNEX II RECORD OF ATTENDANCE AT THE SESSION FROM 14 TO 19 FEBRUARY IN ADDIS ABABA SARDJOE (Suriname), Co-President KINNOCK, Co-President DE SOUSA (Angola) ANDRE-LEONARD (for MANDERS) (1)(2)(3) PRESCOD (Barbados, V-P) BEBEAR (for AVEROFF) AKPOVI (Benin) BEREND (2)(3)(4) MASALILA (Botswana) van den BERG TAPSOBA (Burkina Faso) van den BOS NAHIMANA (Burundi) BOUMEDIENE-THIERY (for LUCAS) NYASSA (Cameroon) BOWIS FERREIRA QUERIDO (Cape Verde) BREMMER (for GOUVEIA) THYSTERE-TCHICAYA (Congo, V-P) BULLMANN TAPI TAIO (Cook Islands) BUSHILL-MATTHEWS (for BALFE) AMON AGO (Côte d'Ivoire) CALLANAN ONUSUMBA YEMBA (Democratic Republic of the Congo) CORRIE, V-P ARNAOUD (Djibouti, V-P) DESIR (1) BULLEN (Dominica) FERNANDEZ MARTIN (2)(3)(4) NGUEMA OWONO (Equatorial Guinea) FLESCH YOHANNES (Ethiopia) GAHLER (for FOSTER) NABUKA (Fiji, V-P) GARCIA MARGALLO (for MUSOTTO) (4) MAKONGO (Gabon, V-P) GLASE TOURAY (Gambia) GOEBBELS (1)(2)(3) OSEI-PREMPEH (Ghana) HOWITT BARRY (Guinea) ISLER BEGUIN RAMOTAR (Guyana) JUNKER, V-P JEAN-PIERRE (Haiti) KEPPELHOFF-WIECHERT HAY-WEBSTER (Jamaica) KHANBHAI KAMOTHO (Kenya) KLASS (for VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA) METSING (Lesotho) KNOLLE (for SUDRE) REFENO (Madagascar) LULLING JANA (Malawi) (5) McAVAN (for McCARTHY) IMBARCAOUANE (Mali) MAES OULD GUELAYE (Mauritania) MARTENS GUNNESS (Mauritius) MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, V-P SITHOLE (Mozambique) POMES RUIZ (for AYUSO GONZÁLEZ) (3) YA FRANCE (Namibia, V-P) RIBEIRO (for VINCI) DION TAUFITOU (Nauru) ROD, V-P AROUNA MOUNKEILA (Niger) ROURE (for CARLOTTI) BAWA BWARI (Nigeria) SANDBÆK TAUFITU (Niue) SANDERS-TEN HOLTE ANGGO (Papua New Guinea) SAUQUILLO PEREZ DEL ARCO POLISI (Rwanda) SCARBONCHI (for WURTZ) THOMAS (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (5) SCHEELE FRANCOIS (Saint Lucia, V-P) SCHNELLHARDT (2)(3) STRAKER (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) SCHÖRLING SAFUNIETUUGA (Samoa) SCHWAIGER, V-P SACRAMENTO DIOGO (São Tomé and Príncipe) SJÖSTEDT (2)(3) SOW (Senegal) SOUCHET FAURE (Seychelles) SPERONI CONTEH (Sierra Leone, V-P) SYLLA, V-P SANGA (Solomon Islands) THEORIN, V-P DAVIES (South Africa, V-P) VOLCIC (for FAVA) (1) BEDA (Sudan) WIELAND (2)(3)(4) DLAMINI (Swaziland) WIJKMAN MPOROGOMYI (Tanzania) ZIMMERLING NATCHABA (Togo, V-P) BEREAUX (Trinidad and Tobago) KAMUNTU (Uganda, V-P) MATONGO (Zambia) KANGAI (Zimbabwe) (1) Present 16.02.2004