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Highlights - 23-24 April: post-Cotonou, civil protection, Virunga, AU reform, Iraq, EIP - Committee on Development

16-04-2018 06:51 PM CEST

View of volcanic mountains in Virunga, DRC

The Committee on Development will meet next on Monday, 23 April and Tuesday, 24 March. On Monday, MEPs will discuss forest management, humanitarian financing and EU Trust Funds. DEVE Members will also share experiences and conclusions from fact finding missions to the Central African Republic and to Senegal.

On Tuesday, committee members will vote on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the upcoming negotiations for the a post-Cotonou agreement with African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, rights of indigenous peoples, and European agriculture.

The committee will also exchange with the new Ambassador of the African Union on plans to reform the AU. They will then hear on the situation in Eastern Congo's Virunga National Park, discuss reconstruction and post-conflict development needs in Iraq and get an update on the implementation of the EU's External Investment Plan.

The meeting will take place in room Paul Henri Spaak 4B001 (Brussels) and will be webstreamed live.


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