ACP-EU: Climate, UN Security Council representation and humanitarian issues
©European Union, 2021, Source: EP – Multimedia CentreFrom June 24 to June 28, MEPs and parliamentarians from 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will meet in Brussels.
The opening session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly will take place on Monday 26 June at 11:00 in the European Parliament and will be chaired by the co-presidents of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly – MEP Carlos Zorrinho (S&D, PT) and Mozambican parliamentarian Anita Rita Sithole.
The main themes on the Joint Parliamentary Assembly’s agenda are:
- Critical raw materials, the energy transition, and climate change in EU-ACP cooperation
- Hybrid threats
- Reform of the United Nations Security Council
- The humanitarian and security situation in Haiti
- The humanitarian situation in countries affected by terrorism
Participants will vote on resolutions about:
- Maritime security and the promotion of the rule of law on the oceans
- The EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) third-country list
- Strengthening parliamentary solidarity and political will on support of road safety in ACP and EU member countries, including safe infrastructure.
