På samlingen i Gaborone fokuseredes på spørgsmålet om forbindelsen mellem menneskerettigheder, udvikling og demokratisering i AVS-staterne, medens samlingen i Bruxelles drejede sig om forberedelsen af midtvejsrevisionen af Lomé IV og de muligheder for demokrati og et multiracialt samfund, der har vist sig efter den seneste udvikling i Sydafrika.
The Gaberone session was dominated by the question of the relationship between human rights, development and the process of democratization in the ACP States, while the Brussels session concentrated on preparation for the mid-term review of Lomé IV and the prospects which had emerged as a result of the progress made in South Africa along the path to democracy and a multi-racial society.