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The ACP States are the countries that are signatories of the Lomé Convention. "ACP" stands for "African, Caribbean and Pacific countries" The Lomé Convention is a trade and aid agreement between the European Union (EU) and 71 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries, first signed in February 1975 in Lomé, Togo. ...

The first Lomé Convention was signed in Lomé, Togo, in 1975. It arose out of Europe's wish to guarantee itself regular supplies of raw materials, and to maintain its privileged position in its overseas markets. It also derived in part from a sense of responsibility arising out of its colonial past. Lomé, estimated population 700,000 (1998), is the capital of Togo. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Lomé Convention is an ambitious cooperation programme originally between 15 countries of the European Union and 46 countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). It is based mainly on a system of tariff preferences which give those countries access to the European market and special funds which maintain price stability in agricultural products and mining products.

The Lomé Agreement was succeeded by the Cotonou Agreement (signed in Benin in June 2000). One of the major differences with the Lomé convention is that the partnership is extended to new actors like civil society, private sector, trade unions, local authorities, etc. These will be involved in consultations and planning of national development strategies, provided with access to financial resources and involved in the implementation of programmes. The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP countries). ...

Many small island developing states are ACP States. The fourth Lomé Convention was revised in 1995 in Mauritius. The Lomé Convention gives special attention to island countries in this agreement: Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

"For the landlocked and island ACP States, co-operation shall be aimed at devising and encouraging specific operations to deal with development problems caused by their geographical situations.

The countries are:

Africa

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Caribbean

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Pacific

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Special designations

Annex VI of the agreement lists the following designations:

Least-developed ACP states

• Angola
• Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi
• Republic of Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Djibouti
• Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia
• Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
• Haïti
• Kiribati
• Lesotho, Liberia
• Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique
• Niger
• Rwanda
• Samoa, Sâo Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan
• Tanzania, Tuvalu, Togo
• Uganda
• Vanuatu
• Zambia

Landlocked ACP states

• Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi
• Central African Republic, Chad
• Ethiopia
• Lesotho
• Malawi, Mali
• Niger
• Rwanda
• Swaziland
• Uganda
• Zambia, Zimbabwe

Island ACP states

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas, Barbados
• Cape Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands
• Dominica, Dominican Republic
• Fiji
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Kiribati
• Madagascar, Mauritius
• Nauru, Niue
• Papua New Guinea
• Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Seychelles Solomon Islands
• Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

See also

• ACP-EU Development Cooperation
• ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Development cooperation between the European Union and the countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP countries) is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2007. ... ACP Logo The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created out of a common desire to bring together the elected representatives of the European Community - the Members of the European Parliament - and the elected representatives of the African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP countries) that have signed the Cotonou Agreement...

External links

• Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• ACP-EU cooperation dossier of Euforic
• Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
• African Voices: About EC Aid to Africa
• The Courier - The Magazine of Africa, Caribbean, Pacific and European Union cooperation and relations