The general secretary of Brussels based group of African, Carribean and Pacific Nations (ACP) Mohmaed Ibn Chambas, left, listens to European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs, centre, prior to EU negotiations with ACP nations on revising a development agreement signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, in Brussels yesterday. The accord will also aim to tackle the proliferation of small arms and the threats posed by organised crime and people and drugs trafficking.

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