The 34th ACP-EU joint parliamentary assembly brings together MEPs and their counterparts from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. The assembly will be formally opened by Michèle Rivasi MEP, on behalf of the EU, and Ibrahim Rassin Bundu, on behalf of the ACP states.

The plenary session in Port-au-Prince will be preceded on 16 December by meetings of the ACP-EU standing committees.

Among the issues on the agenda are sustainable tourism, the role of natural resources in promoting sustainable development, the fight against infectious diseases, climate change and the situation in Mauritania.

Taking place twice a year, the ACP-EU joint parliamentary assembly brings together MEPs and parliamentarians from 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, all of which have signed the Cotonou Agreement.

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