Since Regulation (EC) N° 2793/99 on certain procedures for Applying the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa introduces an additional duty free tariff quota for ferro-chrome originating in South Africa of 515 000 tonnes, with effect from 1 January 2000 and applicable when the agreement with the Republic of South Africa enters into force, the quantity for the autonomous quota is reduced accordingly in order to avoid injurious effects on Community producers of this ...[+++]product and to allow South Africa the full benefit of its quota.

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The G8 (Birmingham 1998, Cologne 1999, Okinawa 2000), the EU-US summit (Queluz 2000), the EU-Africa summit (Cairo 2000), the African Heads of State meeting in Abuja in March 2000 and the social summit in Geneva (June 2000) have all led to calls for accelerated action.

In January 2000, the Ottawa-based non-governmental organization Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) published a detailed – and now seminal – report entitled The Heart of the Matter: Sierra Leone, Diamonds & Human Security (3) Written by Ian Smillie, Lansana Gberie and Ralph Hazelton, the report provides a comprehensive overview of the intricacies of the global diamond industry and describes how the diamond trade in Sierra Leone has contributed to political and military instability throughout West Africa, thus severely compromising security and human rights in ...[+++] the region.

The first historic European Union (EU)-Africa summit, which was held in Cairo in 2000, launched a more structured political dialogue between the EU and Africa, in particular through regular meetings between senior officials and ministers.

Over the last few decades, the EU has concluded an increasing number of agreements with Africa, including the Lomé Conventions, entered into with the Member States of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP) Group and since replaced by the 2000 Cotonou Agreement, the South Africa Agreements and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Association Agreement.