A/HRC/8/WG.2/TF/2 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction .................................................................................................... I. II. III. Page 1-3 4 ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION ............................................. 4 - 26 4 A. Opening of the session ................................................................. 4 4 B. Election of the Chairperson-Rapporteur ...................................... 5 4 C. Adoption of the agenda ................................................................ 6 5 D. Attendance ................................................................................... 7 - 13 5 E. Documentation ............................................................................. 14 6 F. Statements by institutional members and observers .................... 15 - 26 6 SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS ........................................... 27 - 48 8 A. The African Peer Review Mechanism ......................................... 29 - 31 8 B. The ECA/OECD-DAC Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness ......................................................... 32 - 35 9 C. The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness ................................ 36 - 40 10 D. Cotonou Partnership Agreement between European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries ....................................... 41 - 45 11 E. Preliminary discussion of phase II of the Work Plan: additional partnerships in the context of MDG 8 ........................ 46 - 48 12 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................... 49 - 82 13 A. Concluding observations on the initial pilot applications of the criteria to the three partnerships presented at its third session ................................................................................. 50 - 60 13 B. Preliminary review of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement between European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries ............................................................... 61 - 65 16