Fighting illicit financial flows, investing in family and small-scale agriculture and coordinating aid for Haiti after Hurricane Matthew were among the issues on which Members of the European Parliament and their counterparts from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries agreed at the 32nd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Nairobi, which closed yesterday Wednesday.

To meet needs on the ground effectively, the international community and Haiti’s partners should work in coordination with the Haitian government, say MEPs and their ACP counterparts in the second urgent resolution voted on Wednesday. They add that donors should deliver on their pledges, underlining that only 40% of the US$ 120 million requested by the Haitian government and the UN has so far been provided.

The 33rd ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly will be held from 19 to 21 June 2017 in Valletta, the capital of Malta, which will chair the Council of the European Union from 1 January to 31 June 2017.

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