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Introduction
Relations between Western European and the African, Caribbean
and Pacific (ACP) countries had been framed within the commitments of
the1975 Lomé Convention and its subsequent updates and
modifications. The Convention expired in February 2000.
Negotiations for a new instrument to replace the Lomé Convention started
in 1998. The new agreement was signed in Cotonou, Benin, on the
23rd of June of 2000.
The Agreement lasts for twenty years and contains a clause allowing its
revision
every five
years. All CARICOM members with the exception of Montserrat have signed and ratified the Cotonou
Agreement.
Sources:
(Outside links)
EU Website: ACP-EU Agreement
General Secretariat of
the ACP Group of States
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