Cotonou, 23/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 23 June 2000, the 25th anniversary of the Lomé Convention that presently links the 71 member states of the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP) and the European Union, the new partnership agreement that will now link the 77 ACP countries and the Union for the next twenty years was signed in Cotonou, the capital of Benin. Six island states of the Pacific region - the Cook Islands, the Republic of Nauru, the Republic of Palau,...