How many ACP States are members of the Cotonou Agreement?
The notion of “ACP States” goes back to the “ACP Group of States”, formally established in 1975 with the Georgetown Agreement (46 ACPs). Today, the ACP Group of States counts 79 countries, 78 of them signatories of the Cotonou-Agreement (with Cuba being the exception). South Africa is represented in all joint ACP-EU Institutions, but financial support to South Africa is drawn form the EC’s general budget and not from the EDF resources since it has not ratified the Cotonou Agreement. Sudan has not ratified the Agreement and therefore do not benefit from Community financing under this Agreement.
