Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
will represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the 8th Summit of Heads of States
of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of State which will be hosted by Papua
New Guinea from today, May 30 to June 1.
The Vice
President will join other leaders from 78 countries to address the summit in
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea which will discuss the future of the ACP Group
as a “revitalised cohesive force advocating the interests of its member states
in the international arena.”
According
to a statement from the Secretariat of the organization, discussions at the
summit will also review recent key international developments, including Agenda
2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, issues of migration, climate change
and the fight against terrorism.
One
of the main objectives of the ACP group is the “sustainable development of its
Member-States and their gradual integration into the global economy, which
entails making poverty reduction a matter of priority and establishing a new,
fairer, and more equitable world order.”
The
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an organisation created
by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975.
It is
composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all of them, save
Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the ‘ACP-EC
Partnership Agreement’ which binds them to the European Union.
There
are 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the
Pacific,” in the ACP.
A
statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, in
the Office of the Vice President, revealed that Osinbajo will leave Abuja early
Sunday and return later in the week on Thursday.
Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo is also expected to participate at the summit as he
will present a report on the future of the Group as the Leader of its Eminent
Persons Group (EPG).
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