The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States officially became the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on 5 April 2020. This followed the entry-into-force of the revised Georgetown Agreement which was endorsed by the ACP Heads of State at the 9th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government in December 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.

To celebrate the first year as the OACPS, the Secretariat hosted a virtual, celebratory townhall at which the Secretary-General delivered the Organisation’s first State of the Organisation Address, detailing several of the OACPS’ achievements in its first year as well as the plans for the future. The meeting was chaired by Dr. The Honourable Amery Browne, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago with remarks from H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and President of the 9th Summit of OACPS Heads of State and Government and Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Paolelei Luteru, Ambassador of the Independent State of Samoa and Chair of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors.

Virtual Townhall

Click HERE for the Programme of the Virtual Townhall in celebration of OACPS Day

Remarks and Addresses during the Virtual Townhall

Statement byH.E. Uhuru Kenyatta,the President of the Republic of Kenya and President of the 9th Summit of OACPS Heads of State and Government

Remarks by H.E. Fatumanava III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru, Ambassador of the Independent State of Samoa and Chair of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors

State of the Organisation (SOrg) Address by the Secretary-General of the OACPS, H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti

Discurso sobre o estado da organização (eorg) proferido por sua excelência sr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretário-geral da Organização dos Estados de Africa, Caraíbas e Pacífico (OEACP) durante o virtual envento em celebração do primeiro aniversário da OEACP

Statements by representatives of the ACP Organs: Summit of Heads of State and government, Council of Ministers, Committee of Ambassadors, Secretariat

* Statement by H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the 9th Summit of OACPS Heads of State and Government and President of the Republic of Kenya

*Statement by H.E. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Neioti Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, President of the OACPS Council of Ministers

* Statement by H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Paolelei Luteru, Ambassador of the Independent State of Samoa and Chair of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors

* Statement by H.E. Daniel Evina Abe’e, Ambassador of the Republic of Cameroon and Dean of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors

* Greetings from the Secretary-General of the OACPS, H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti

Congratulatory Messages from the Members and Regional Organisations of the OACPS

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