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The Cotonou Agreement

The Cotonou Agreement is a trade accord between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)group of states and The European Community (EU) and its member states. It was signed in Cotonou, Benin on 23 June 2000.

TWN Africa participates in ACP-NGO forum, thus promoting stronger civil society advocacy and Africa's developmental alternative in the global trade and investment regime.

See stories and articles related to The Cotonou Accord below:

Stop EPA Day Updates
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE: "NO EPA WITHOUT INVESTMENT RULES AND FULL RECIPROCITY, FALKENBERG INSISTS"
APPEL GLOBAL POUR ARRETER LES ACCORDS DE PARTENARIAT ECONOMIQUE
CSOs Launch Global Call for Action to Stop EPAs
Press Release--EPAs Revisited at West African Social Forum
ECOWAS ADOPTS ROAD MAP FOR EPA NEGOTIATIONS AND REVIEWS CET ARRANGEMENTS
'Data Exclusivity'--(HOW THE EU COULD USE EPAs TO UNDERMINE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MEDICINES)
EC Trade Director 'Stunned' in Dar AS AFRICAN MINISTERS OPPOSE SINGAPORE ISSUES IN EPAs
EPAs--ENDLESS POVERTY IN AFRICA

EU, ACP countries not singing from same hymn book
EPA NEGOTIATIONS - ECOWAS reverses gear to boost ACP engine in difficult EU negotiations
NEW ENHANCED REGIONAL AGREEEMENTS [NEW ERA]: A Stragetic response to post Lome IV trade ACP-EU arrangements
The New Era Option -Strategic Options For ACP Regions
The Partnership Agreement between the ACP and the EU - All Things to All Persons?
Agreement threatens African integration - OAU
EU officials give positive spin to new agreement
Post-Lome and food security: RHETORIC IN PLACE OF SUBSTANCE

Top News, Events and Issues

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Global Day against EPAs Marked in Accra
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SIGN-ON-->ACT NOW TO STOP THE EPAs!
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ATN 10 Statement: STOP THE EPAs NOW!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--> “EU MONEY WILL NOT RIGHT EPA WRONGS”
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Communique de presse:« Arrêter de danser la salsa avec les moyens d’existence du peuple »
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LES FONDS DE L’UE NE PEUVENT PAS REDRESSER LES TORTS DES APE
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Pan-African Workshop on EPAs // ATN Strategy Meeting on EPAs...in September
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Statement of the 9th Annual Africa Initiative on Mining, Environment, and Society (AIMES) strategic meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone
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PRESS RELEASE-->“Stop dancing salsa with the livelihood of the people”
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Sixth AGOA Civil Society Forum Opens in Accra
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AGOA Background Paper:CREATING OPPORTUNITIES UNDER AGOA: THE NEED FOR A RETHINK OF THE AGOA ‘PACKAGE’
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CAUGHT IN THE AIDS LOOP
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WOMEN ARE GREATEST LOSERS AS EPA THREATENS FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD
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IT WAS TIME WELL SPENT, PROFESSOR OYUGI
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WSF007? LOVED IT!!!
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