cotonou in English

noun
1
the largest city, chief port, and commercial and political center of Benin, on the coast of West Africa; population 719,912 (2006).

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1. ACP-EU COTONOU AGREEMENT

2. Activiste chez GirlTalk.dk Cotonou, Littoral, Benin

3. The Agreement: the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement of Cotonou

4. Some of these forms might be regressive and inconsistent with the poverty reduction objective of the Cotonou Agreement.

5. - sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific under the ACP-EC partnership enshrined in the Cotonou Agreement;

6. Amount transferred during the year 2003 to the 9th EDF following the entry in force of Cotonou (317.33)

7. The city is cut in two by a canal, the lagoon of Cotonou, dug by the French in 1855.

8. Clearly, the timing of ratification of the Cotonou Agreement will have a major effect on the actual level of decisions and payments.

9. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital.

10. Located in Cotonou, 1969 feet from UNDP Office, Benin CITY CENTER HOTEL provides accommodations with a restaurant, free private parking, a bar and a shared lounge

11. It worsened in 1961 following the major work undertaken in Benin with the construction of the Nangbeto Dam and deep-water port of Cotonou.

12. Cotonou is Benin's capital in everything but name: a vibrant, bustling, full-on city, and very much the economic engine of Benin

13. Since May 13, 2020, all passengers traveling to Benin through the international airport of Cotonou are systematically directed towards the airport’ site for Covid-19 testing

14. Recommends that the post-Cotonou agreement goes beyond economic questions and promotes an efficient political dialogue; recalls that political dialogue is one of the keys to ensure aid performance and effectiveness;

15. Thus, following a workshop on trafficking in children for domestic service in West and Central Africa, held in Cotonou in July # abon became involved in the fight against child trafficking

16. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

17. Shortly after the ban was lifted, a 12-acre [5 ha] plot of land was acquired in Calavi, a village not far from Cotonou, and an adjoining plot of 10 acres [4 ha] was purchased later.

18. The Financial Protocol attached as Annex 1 to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, establishes in its paragraph 2 a 9th EDF for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of a total amount of up to EUR 13.5 billion.

19. All of our regional cooperation programmes, CARDS, the ALURE Latin America programme, PHARE, MEDA, TACIS and so on, the Cotonou Agreement as well as our pre-accession strategies and stabilisation, association and cooperation agreements with third countries - all of them contain conflict prevent and crisis management provisions.

20. Considers that the second review of the Cotonou Agreement should be an occasion to adjust it in the light of recent and current crises including climate change, soaring food and oil prices, financial crisis and abject poverty in Africa; believes that the need to address the root causes of these crises is not an option, but a necessity

21. While the initial development needs of Timor Leste were taken care of under the EC budget, there is no provision for further funding beyond 2005, when Timor Leste is expected to ratify the Cotonou Agreement, as this would be incompatible with the existing ALA regulation, which does not allow ALA funding in favour of ACP Group member countries.

22. Le Secrétaire Général du Cames, Pr Bertrand MBATCHI, a effectué une visite de travail à Cotonou pour rencontrer la Ministre de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique — Présidente du Conseil des Ministres du Cames — et échanger avec les responsables des établissements privés d’enseignement supérieur.

23. With branches in Rome at the Pontifical Lateran University, in Washington, Mexico City and Valencia, with the academic centres of Cotonou (Benin), São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), and Changanacherry (India), whose incorporation into the Institute is already under way, and with the forthcoming opening of the centre in Melbourne (Australia), the Institute will be able to count on its own centres on the five continents.

24. Adoption of an amnesty law ratified by the interim Parliament and adoption by Parliament of a law to lay down the conditions for implementing the resignation of the interim President, the Prime Minister and members of the government if they decide to stand for election. | Second political-dialogue meeting under Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement (continuing the discussion on the terms and conditions for gradually resuming cooperation). Identification/formulation of measures to support national reconciliation and democratisation. |