It entered into force in 2003 and was subsequently revised in 2005 and 2010. The new agreement is in a reality both a product of and an impetus for this change. States, of the one part, and the european community and its member states, of the other part, signed in cotonou on 23 june 2000, as first amended in luxembourg on 25 june 2005, hereinafter referred to as the cotonou agreement. The cotonou agreement is a treaty between the european union and the african, caribbean and pacific group of states acp countries. It was signed in june 2000 in cotonou, benins largest city, by 78 acp countries cuba did not sign and the then fifteen member states of the european union. Ministre togolais des affaires etrangeres, negociateur en chef du groupe acp pour laccord postcotonou. In order to make it acceptable for all parties, the most farreaching changes have been left for later decision and the old. Since the turn of the century, the fastaccelerating globalization of trade and. Imf 2001, government finance statistics manual 2001, washington, dc. Partnership agreement between the members of the african. Lome i dossier the courier magazine n 31, march 1975. In june 2000, the eu and the african, caribbean and pacific group of states acp signed a revolutionary economic pact commonly referred to as the cotonou partnership agreement cpa which was.
Consolidated text of the cotonou agreement service. Ex post and ex ante evaluation of the protocol to the. The cotonou agreement is a treaty between the european union and the african, caribbean. We will argue in this paper that there are a number of forces impacting upon the longstanding acpeu relationship that are altering the nature of the relationship in a fundamental way. Merging several external instruments into a broad instrument. The agreement was another in a list of treaties attempting to bring peace to liberia, being preceded by the cotonou accord on 25 july 1993, the akosombo agreement on 12 august 1994, and its accra clarification. The abuja agreement was a peace treaty signed on 19 august 1995 in an attempt to secure peace from national patriotic front of liberia leader, charles taylor in the first liberian civil war.
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