On 31 October 1979, Togolese hostesses wearing ceremonial African dress in the colours of the EEC–PAC partnership witness the official signing of the second Lomé Convention.

On 31 October 1979, Pierre Bernard-Reymond, French Secretary of State to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (European Affairs), agrees to be interviewed by the French Catholic daily newspaper Le Figaro on the subject of the second Lomé Convention, of 31 October 1979, which defines, for a five-year period, trade relations between the nine Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) and 57 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States.

On 31 October 1979, Simone Veil, President of the European Parliament, welcomes the signing of the second Lomé Convention, which, for the next five years, regulates trade relations between the nine Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) and 57 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries.

On 31 October 1979, the second Convention of economic cooperation between the nine Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) and 57 African, Carribean and Pacific (ACP) countries is signed in Lomé (Togo).

In January 1980, monthly publication 30 jours d'Europe comments on the main provisions of the second Lomé Convention, signed on 31 October 1979, which was to govern trade relations between the nine Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) and 57 African, Carribean and Pacific (ACP) States.

On 31 October 1979, in Lomé, the Togolese people welcome the signing of the second Convention linking the Nine to 58 ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) States.