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Signatures of the Yaoundé I Convention

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1957. Treaty of Rome. Convention of Application - EDF 1

EEC (6 countries)

France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Federal Republic of Germany

Partners (31 OCTs)

French West Africa comprising : French west Africa, Guinea (1), Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Upper Volta
French Equatorial Africa, comprising : Cameroon (Trust Territory), Chad, Middle Congo, Gabon, Ubangi-Chari

Other French Territories : autonomous Republic of Togo, Madagascar, Comoros, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic territories, Algeria, Réunion, Guyane, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Pierre and Miquelon, French Somaliland, New Caledonia and dependencies,

Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Somaliland, New Guinea,

(1) Guinea left the Association in 1958, but returned for Lome I

Note: A "declaration of intent" left open the possibility of association to Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya. Suriname became effectively associated on 1 September 1962

1963 – Yaoundé I Convention - EDF 2

EEC (6)

As before

AASM (Associated African States and Madagascar) (18)*

Burundi (formerly part of Ruanda-Urundi), United Republic of Cameroon (1), Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville (Formerly French Congo), Congo Leopoldville (Formerly Belgian Congo), Dahomey, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali (formerly part of French Sudan), Mauritania (formerly part of French Sudan), Niger, Rwanda (formerly part of Ruanda-Urundi), Senegal, Somalia (2), Togo, Upper Volta

* OCTs remaining to Member States of the EEC were the subject of a Council decision, renewed in 1970 after Yaoundé II and regularly thereafter. They are not part of the 18.

(1) Formed in 1961, through the union of French and British Trust Territories of Cameroon.

(2) Comprising former British Somaliland (1960)

1969 – Yaoundé II Convention - EDF 3

EEC (6)

As before

AASM (Associated African States and Madagascar) (19)

Burundi, United Republic of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, People Republic of Congo (formerly Congo-Brazzaville), Dahomey, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius (joined in 1972), Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Togo, Upper Volta, Zaire (formerly Congo-Kinshasa and before that Congo Leopoldville)

(1) Later the Federal Republic of Cameroon

1975 – Lomé I Convention - EDF 4

EEC (9)

As before plus : Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom (which joined in 1973)

ACP Group, created in 1975 (46 : 37 Africa, 6 Carib, 3 Pac)

As before plus : Commonwealth countries - Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, , Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Western Samoa, Zambia
Non Commonwealth - Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea (will join later), Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sudan

1980 – Lomé II convention - EDF 5

EEC (10)

As before, plus Greece (which joined in 1981)

ACP (1) (59 : 43 Afr, 9 Carib, 7 Pac)

As before, plus : Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominica, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, Sao Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe (joined in 1980 after the convention has been signed by the ACP's)
(the following have changed their names since joining: Dahomey is Benin, Upper Volta is Burkina Faso)

1985 – Lomé III Convention - EDF 6

EEC (12)

As before, plus Spain and Portugal, (which joined in 1981)

ACP (1) (66 : 45 Afr, 13 Carib, 8 Pac)

As before, plus : Angola (joined in 1980 after the convention has been signed by the ACP's), Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Mozambique, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu

1990 – Lomé IV Convention - EDF 7

EEC (12)

As before

ACP (69 : 46 Africa, 15 Caribbean, 8 Pacific)

As before, plus: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Namibia (will join after independence in April 1990)

1995 – Revised Lomé IV Convention - EDF 8

EEC (15)

As before, plus : Austria, Finland, Sweden (which joined on 1 January 1995)

ACP (70 : 47 Africa, 15 Caribbean, 8 Pacific)

As before, plus : Eritrea

2000 – Cotonou Agreement - EDF 9

EEC (15)

ACP (77 : 48 Africa, 15 Caribbean, 14 Pacific)

As before, plus : Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, South Africa

2005 – Revised Cotonou Agreement

EEC (25)

As before plus Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia which joined on 1 May 2004)
(Romania and Bulgaria will join on 1 January 2007)

ACP (78* : 48 Africa, 15 Caribbean*, 15 Pacific)

As before, plus : Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, South Africa, Timor Leste

* Cuba which joined the ACP Group in December 2002, is not included as it is not part of the ACP-EU cooperation