The Lomé Agreements between the European Community and the ACP countries included trade preferences for the ACP countries which were more favourable than those granted by the EU to other developing countries under the General System of Preferences (GSP).
Tas janvārī aicināja abas naidīgās puses nekavējoties pārtraukt uguni, nosodīja Izraēlas neproporcionālo spēka pielietojumu un Hamas raidītās raķetes.