UN Brussels team meets with OACPS Secretary-General

Secretary-General of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, met with heads of various United Nations Agencies in Brussels, and discussed the new institutional framework of the OACPS, which was implemented after the approval of the new Georgetown Agreement, in December 2019. The agreement lays out significant changes to the OACPS, including a name change and its designation as an intergovernmental organization, with 79 Member States.

The Secretary-General briefed the United Nations Heads on the political deal on the Post-Cotonou Agreement and the new EU funding mechanism, Global Europe. Ambassador Chikoti explained that human rights, democracy, governance, peace and security, human and social development, and the sustainable development of Member States, are all key priorities for the OACPS. He added that the organization wants to help build a strong private sector and support young people in its Member countries.