ACP/EU

ACP/EU in Edinburgh, November 2005

The 10th Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) was held in Edinburgh.

John Bowis's activities included:

- asking the ACP Council about debt relief and avoiding making countries become bad credit risks in the future; asking the Commission about support for access to diabetes care and drugs;

- launching an LSE study on public private partnerships as a means of securing more research and development into neglected diseases;

- preparing a resolution on the impact of the EU's new chemicals regulatory regime ("REACH") on ACP countries, for instance, mining exports may be affected.