{"id":268006,"date":"2020-06-05T11:07:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/news\/marking-acp-day-transforming-the-group\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T20:57:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T00:57:10","slug":"marking-acp-day-transforming-the-group","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/fr\/news\/marking-acp-day-transforming-the-group\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9l\u00e9brer la Journ\u00e9e ACP : Transformer le Groupe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Day is customarily commemorated on June 6, which is the date on which the Georgetown Agreement establishing the group, was signed in 1975. This year, the 45th Anniversary, the Day will be officially observed on June 5. Activities were mainly centred at the ACP Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. It seems, the Day tended to pass largely unnoted in the ACP Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM). This week, I am highlighting it by addressing matters of interest to us as ACP Member States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Revised Georgetown Agreement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>At the ACP Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, December 2019, the revised Georgetown Agreement was adopted setting in train the Group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s transformation. The revised Agreement received the required ratifications by one-third of the 79 Members States enabling its entry into force. Thus, on April 5, the ACP Group of States became the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). The ACP is now an international organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From reading the revised Georgetown Agreement, which has far-reaching new provisions, I am specifically pointing to these Articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c establishing the OACPS;<\/li><li>6 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c allowing other countries outside of the traditional ACP to join the Organization, meaning, I think, countries in Central and South America, Asia and other parts of Africa;<\/li><li>31 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c establishing an Endowment and Trust Fund to which members and others must contribute to provide financial stability for the Organization;<\/li><li>34 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c allowing OACPS to negotiate agreements with other countries and regions; and<\/li><li>35 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c enabling the OACPS to have observer status at the UN and its specialized agencies, and in other regional and international organizations. Previously, outside of Brussels, the ACP mainly operated at the World Trade Organization (WTO), even though it had observer status at the UN General Assembly (UNGA);<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This ACP transformation, for me, raises questions about the future role of OACPS. The expansion of membership would change the Organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s make-up taking it beyond the mostly former colonies of Member States of the European Union (EU), including the United Kingdom (UK). Could we then envisage countries, such as India, China and Brazil, joining in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the OACPS to fully utilize its permanent observer status in the UNGA, it would need to establish an office in New York. The ACP, with EU support, currently only has a sub-office in Geneva. With permanent observer status in UN bodies and member groups, how will the OACPS relate to existing developing country groups such as, the Group of 77 and China, through which coordination and negotiations have been conducted since the 1960s? Would the two groups merge? Some further clarification of the objectives of Chapter IV (Articles 6-7) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Membership and Observership, and Chapter XII (Articles 34-37) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c External Relations \u00e2\u20ac\u201c would be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The financing of the OACPS will be critical. Member States are required to consistently contribute to the Endowment and Trust Fund to make the OACPS a financially independent and sustainable organization. The ACP Secretariat, and CARIFORUM, relied on significant financing from the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relationship between the ACP and EU remains important in the OACPS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 external relations and, as is known, they are negotiating a new agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Status of the Post Cotonou Negotiations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Since implementation of COVID-19 restrictions, the ACP\/EU post Cotonou negotiations continued virtually. The focus, I understand, is on the regional protocols. A meeting of lead negotiators should be held on June 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extraordinary OACPS Summit on COVID-19<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Uhuru-Kenyatta-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Uhuru-Kenyatta-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Uhuru-Kenyatta-2-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Uhuru-Kenyatta-2-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption><em>Uhuru Kenyatta<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The President-in-Office, Uhuru Kenyatta, will be convening on June 3 (today) an OACPS Summit under the theme: Transcending the COVID-19 Pandemic: Building Resilience through Global Solidarity. The Secretariat states that this Summit will assess the effects of COVID-19 and consequences for its Members, identifying opportunities for solidarity and action. President Kenyatta issued a statement on May 15 urging OACPS solidarity and proposing this Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A joint statement was also issued by the Heads of the Secretariats of OACPS, CARICOM and the Pacific Islands Forum on May 18, as, for them, it was vital to promote increased coordination among all countries and regions to address COVID-19 and its dire economic consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we need to assess the ACP transformation and its future implications, in the midst of this COVID-19 crisis, this Summit, emphasizing OACPS solidarity, perhaps, is the best lead-in to this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ACP Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>This article was originally posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/today.caricom.org\/2020\/06\/03\/marking-acp-day-transforming-the-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CARICOM TODAY<\/a> and was submitted by Elizabeth Morgan, Specialist in International Trade Policy and International Politics<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Day is customarily commemorated on June 6, which is the date on which the Georgetown Agreement establishing the group, was signed in 1975. 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