Brussels, 26/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - Six Pacific island states will soon be formally admitted as new members of the group of ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific). The Council decided, without debate, to accept the Cook Islands, Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Niue and the Federated States of Micronesia as signatories to the new partnership agreement between the ACP and the European Union, which will replace the present Lomé Convention (Revised...