The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was born of a shared wish to bring the elected representatives of the European Community and the African, Caribbean and Pacic (ACP) States closer together in the framework of the Yaoundé Convention signed on 20 July 1963.
Tháinig an Comhthionól Parlaiminteach ACC-AE ar an bhfód de bharr méine comhroinnte a bhí ann ionadaithe tofa an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh agus Stáit san Afraic, sa Mhuir Chairib agus san Aigéan Ciúin (ACC) a thabhairt le chéile faoi chuimsiú Choinbhinsiún Yaoundé a síníodh an 20 Iúil 1963.