Recent Events

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22-26 September 2005

9th ACP Special Ministerial Conference on Sugar: "Promoting the Sustainable Development of the ACP Sugar Sector"

Ministers representing the ACP States signatory to the EU-ACP Sugar Protocol and the LDC sugar supplying states under the EBA initiative met in Kisumu, Kenya, at the 9th ACP Special Ministerial Conference on Sugar to discuss strategies for promoting the sustainable development of their sugar industries, in particular in the light of the European Commission's radical proposals to reform the EU Sugar Regime.

At the end of the Conference, the Ministers adopted a declaration outlining their commitment to continue to push for a more just and sustainable reform of the EU Sugar Regime.

Download the Kisumu Declaration here.
(Version française)

For more information, visit the Conference website.

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For further information, please contact:

Giles Keane
Tel: +32 (0) 473 894 328
E-mail: gkeane@hillandknowlton.com

Mari Helen Skarholt
Tel: +32 (0) 479 980 770
E-mail: mhskarho@hillandknowlton.com