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Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Jamaica has appointed new candidates for the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Council of ministers this week, as the countrys chairmanship nears expiration at the end of the year. Jamaica's nomination by the Caribbean group was endorsed by the wider ACP Group.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K D Knight will preside over the council, as well as over the Ministerial Bureau - the executive arm of the council. During the period of its ACP presidency, Jamaica will chair the ACP Committee of Ambassadors in Brussels, and the Bureau of the Committee through Evadne Coye, Ambassador to the European Union. The presidency rotates between the six regional groups of the ACP - Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, the Pacific and CARIFORUM (Caricom and the Dominican Republic.) According to statements by the Foreign Ministry. "The ACP will engage in serious dialogue with the European union on the reform of the sugar regime. In addition, Jamaica will also preside over negotiations on the review of the kow-toe-new Agreement-an agreement originally designed to eradicate poverty while integrating ACP countries into the world economy.
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