List of Countries Signatories of the ACP-EC Agreement Amending the Partnership Agreement
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IN LUXEMBOURG ON 25 JUNE 2005
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HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,
THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,
THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community, hereinafter referred to as "the Community", the States of the Community being hereinafter referred to as "Member States", and
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
of the one part, and
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,
THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS,
THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF BELIZE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA,
THE PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON,
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF THE COMOROS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D'IVOIRE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ERITREA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GRENADA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI,
THE HEAD OF STATE OF JAMAICA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU,
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
THE GOVERNMENT OF NIUE,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE RWANDESE REPUBLIC,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT LUCIA,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,
THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SOLOMON ISLANDS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME,
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC,
HIS MAJESTY KING TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV OF TONGA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF TUVALU,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE,
whose States are hereinafter referred to as "ACP States",
of the other part,
HAVING REGARD to the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the one hand, and the Georgetown Agreement establishing the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), on the other,
HAVING REGARD to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the "Cotonou Agreement"),
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CONSIDERING that Article 95(1) of the Cotonou Agreement lays down that the duration of the Agreement shall be twenty years, starting on 1 March 2000,
CONSIDERING that the second subparagraph of Article 95(3) of the Cotonou Agreement provides that ten months before the expiry of each five-year period, the Parties shall enter into negotiations with a view to examining any possible amendments to the provisions of the Cotonou Agreement,
HAVE DECIDED to sign this Agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, Armand DE DECKER Minister for Development Cooperation
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, Vladimir A. CHIZHOV Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK, Ib Ritto ANDREASEN Ambassador to Luxembourg
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, Erich STATHER State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Dorothee JANETZKE-WENZEL Head of African Politics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, Väino REINART Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the European Union
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, Constantin KARABETSIS Ambassador, Director General for International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN, Alberto NAVARRO GONZALEZ State Secretary for the European Union
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, Brigitte GIRARDIN Minister with responsibility for Cooperation, Development and the French-speaking World
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, Ronan MURPHY Director General, Development Cooperation Directorate, Department of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, Rocco Antonio CANGELOSI Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the European Union
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, Nicholas EMILIOU Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the European Union
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, Lelde LICE-LICITE Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Counsellor of Education and Culture
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, Rokas BERNOTAS Director of the Department of Multilateral Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG, Jean-Louis SCHILTZ Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Minister with responsibility for Communications
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, András BÁRSONY Political State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA, Bernard HAMILTON First Councillor, Acting Director for Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, P.J. YMKERS Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU
THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, Gregor WOSCHNAGG Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the European Union
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, Jan TRUSZCZYNSKI Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, João GOMES CRAVINHO State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, Marjan SETINC Ambassador, Coordinator for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, Maros SEFCOVIC Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the European Union
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, Ritva JOLKKOSEN Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, Agneta SÖDERMAN Ambassador to Luxembourg
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, Gareth THOMAS, MP Parlamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, Jean-Louis SCHILTZ Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Minister with responsibility for Communications,President-in-office of the Council of the EU Louis MICHEL Member of the Commission of the European Communities
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA, Ana DIAS LOURENCO Minister for Planning
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, Dr. Carl ROBERTS High Commissioner of Antigua & Barbuda to the United Kingdom
THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS, Errol Leroy HUMPHREYS Ambassador
THE HEAD OF STATE OF BARBADOS, Billie MILLER Senior Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF BELIZE, Yvonne HYDE Ambassador
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN, Massiyatou LATOUNDJI LAURIANO Minister for Industry, Trade and Employment Promotion
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA, Lt. Gen. Mompati MERAFHE Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
THE PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO, Jean-Baptiste Marie Pascal COMPAORE Minister for Finance and the Budget
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI, Thomas MINANI Minister for Trade and Industry
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON, Isabelle BASSONG Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE, Victor Manuel BORGES Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities, President of the ACP Council of Ministers
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Guy ZOUNGERE-SOKAMBI Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF THE COMOROS, Aboudou SOEFO Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Christian KAMBINGA SELE Deputy Minister for International Cooperation
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Pierre MOUSSA Minister of State for Planning, Regional Development and Economic Integration, National Authorising Officer
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS Todd McCLAY Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D'IVOIRE, Amadou SOUMAHORO Minister for Trade
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI, Ali Farah ASSOWEH Minister for the Economy, Finance and Planning, with responsibility for privatisation
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, George R.E. BULLEN Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Onofre ROJAS Secretary of State, National Authorising Officer
THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ERITREA, Andebrhan WELDEGIORGIS Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA, Sufian AHMED Minister for Finance and Economic Development
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI, Ratu Seremaia T. CAVUILATI Ambassador
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC, Casimir OYE MBA Minister of State, Minister for Planning and Development Programmes, National Authorising Officer
THE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA, Yusupha Alieu KAH Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA, Georg Y. GUYAN-BAFFOUR, M.P. Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GRENADA, Joan-Marie COUTAIN Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA, El Hadj Thierno Habib DIALLO Minister for Cooperation
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU, Nagib JAHOUAD Chargé d'affaires a.i.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA, Victorino Nka OBIANG MAYE Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, Patrick Ignatius GOMES Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, Hérard ABRAHAM Minister for Foreign Affairs and Religious Affairs
THE HEAD OF STATE OF JAMAICA, K.D. KNIGHT, QC, MP Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, Marx Gad NJUGUNA KAHENDE Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI, Paul MALIN Head of Unit, DG Development of the Commission of the EC
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO, Mpho MALIE Minister for Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Youngor Sevelee TELEWODA Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR, Sahobisoa Olivier ANDRIANARISON Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Private Sector Development
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI, Brian Granthen BOWLER Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI, Moctar OUANE Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, Paul MALIN Head of Unit, DG Development of the Commission of the EC
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA, Sidi OULD DIDIMinister for Economic Affairs and Development
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS, Sutiawan GUNESSEE Ambassador
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, Paul MALIN Head of Unit, DG Development of the Commission of the EC
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE, Henrique BANZE Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, National Authorising Officer
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA, Peter Hitjitevi KATAJAVIVI Ambassador
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU, Dr. Karl H. KOCH Honorary Consul in Belgium
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER, Ali MAHAMAN LAMINE ZEINE Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, Clarkson NWAKANMA UMELO Ambassador
THE GOVERNMENT OF NIUE, Todd McCLAY Ambassador
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU, Paul MALIN Head of Unit, DG Development of the Commission of the EC
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Sir Rabbie NAMALIU KCMG, MP Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration
THE PRESIDENT OF THE RWANDESE REPUBLIC, Monique NSANZABAGANWA State Secretary with responsibility for planning at the Ministry of Finance
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Timothy HARRIS Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT LUCIA, George R.E. BULLEN Ambassador
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, George R.E. BULLEN Ambassador
THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA, Tau'ili'ili Uili MEREDITH Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE, Horácio FERNANDES DA FONSECA PURVIS Chargé d'affaires a.i.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL, Saliou CISSE Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES, Patrick PILLAY Minister for Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE, Mohamed B. DARAMY Minister for Development and Economic Planning
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF SOLOMON ISLANDS, Fredrick FONO Minister for National Planning and Aid Coordination
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, Mosibudi MANGENA Minister for Science and Technology
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN, Ali Yousif AHMED Ambassador
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, Maria E. LEVENS Minister for Foreign Affairs
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND, Clifford Sibusiso MAMBA Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, Festus B. LIMBU, MP Deputy Minister for Finance
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD, Abderahim Yacoub NDIAYE Ambassador
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR LESTE José António AMORIM DIAS Ambassador, Head of the Mission to the European Union
THE PRESIDENT OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC, Gilbert BAWARA Minister Delegate to the Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs and African Integration with responsibility for cooperation
HIS MAJESTY KING TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV OF TONGA, Paul MALIN Head of Unit, DG Development of the Commission of the EC
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, Diane SEUKERAN Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF TUVALU, Paul MALIN Head of Unit, DG Development of the Commission of the EC
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, Deo K. RWABITA Ambassador
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU, Sato KILMAN Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, Felix CHIBOTA MUTATI Deputy Minister for Finance and National Planning
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, Gift PUNUNGWE Ambassador
