The ACP Council of Ministers,

– Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from 16 to 18 June 2014,

HAVING REGARD TO the Second revised Georgetown Agreement;

HAVING REGARD TO the Revised Staff Regulations of the ACP Secretariat;

CONSIDERING that the term of office of the incumbent Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretaries-General ends on 29 February 2015;

HEREBY DECIDES TO:

1. Adopt the timetable set out below for appointing the Secretary-General to take office on 1 March 2015:

· 16 June 2014 (99^th session of Council): The Council of Ministers allocated the position to the Caribbean region;

· Before 30 June 2014: The President of the Council of Ministers shall notify all the Caribbean States through their Diplomatic Missions in Brussels;

· 15 September 2014 : The region shall submit 3 candidates ;

· 100^th Session of the Council of Ministers (3 to 5 November 2014: Appointment of the Secretary-General by the Council of Ministers;

· 2nd March 2015: The Secretary-General shall assume duties for a term of five (5) years ending on 28 February 2020.

2. Adopt the timetable set out below for appointing the Assistant Secretaries- General taking office in 2015:

· 15 July 2014 at latest: The Secretariat shall issue the calls for candidates to the concern regions for the respective Assistant Secretary-General posts. The regions shall submit five (5) candidates for the allocated post by 30 January 2015 at the latest;

· 30 March 2015 at latest: The new Secretary-General shall select and appoint the Assistant Secretaries-General;

· 1^st June 2015 at latest: The new Assistant Secretaries-General shall assume office.

Done at Nairobi, 18 June 2014

Dr. Abdallah Omari Kigoda Minister for Industry and Trade of the United Republic of Tanzania President of the ACP Council of Ministers