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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9073

23 November 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/acp/joint parliamentary assembly
JPA calls on EU not to sacrifice ACP sugar on altar of reform, and on WTO to respect development objectives of Doha Round

Edinburgh, 22/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - The 10th EU/ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), which brings together over a hundred members of the European Parliament and their counterparts from the 79 ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) countries, opened in Edinburgh on 21 November with a unanimous appeal for the EU and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to take account of the vital interests of the least developed countries of the world, which globalisation threatens to marginalise further. On the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Re-LAUNCHing HOPES FOR EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP IN LIGHT OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND REASONABLE PROJECT FOR AGRICULTURAL trade
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GERMANY: Wilfried Martens and Hans-Gert Pottering welcome election of Germany's new Chancellor, Angela Merkel
(EU) EU/NORTHERN DIMENSION: New approach for post-2006
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/CIA: EU may ask for details about CIA secret prisons
(EU) EU/POLAND: Javier Solana visits Poland while Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz visits Brussels
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: EU welcomes generally smooth presidential elections but regrets violence in North and East of country
(EU) EU/EEA:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
(EU) EP/UEAPME/BARROSO COMMISSION:
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Meeting celebrating 10 years of Barcelona Process adopts statement calling for 'alliance of civilisations'
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN:
(EU) EU/UGANDA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: First Presidency compromise is still insufficient for some countries, including Italy and Spain
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Debate on better cod stock recovery before Commission proposals on TAC and quotas are adopted on 30 November for 2006
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Agreement on technical measures in Baltic Sea
(EU) EU/TSUNAMI/MALDIVES:
(EU) EU/SUDAN/YELLOW FEVER:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/GAERC/DEVELOPMENT: Council agrees on future common development strategy and EU's strategy for Africa
(EU) EU/GAC/IMMIGRATION: Council calls on Commission to implement concrete measures on migration issues linked to External Relations
(EU) UE/URBAN VIOLENCE/REGIONAL: Appeal by Richard Leese of Eurocities
(EU) EP/COURT OF JUSTICE/AIR TRANSPORT: Advocate General léger proposes cancellation of decisions on transfer of PNR data to American authorities
(EU) EU/ACP/JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY: JPA calls on EU not to sacrifice ACP sugar on altar of reform, and on WTO to respect development objectives of Doha Round
(EU) EU/ACP/JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY: JPA calls on EU to help ACP countries better to prepare for natural disasters and adapt to climate change -ACP/EU facility for natural disasters must be refloated for rapid mobility
(EU) UE/PAKISTAN/DISASTERS:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/ITALY:
(EU) EU/EP/ACP/SUGAR: Assembly alerts Agriculture Council -Drastic reduction in guaranteed price would have devastating consequences for ACPs
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUISM: Commission presents its strategy in first communication on subject
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Internet organisations welcome creation of international forum in Tunis
(EU) EP/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Association Council reiterates joint responsibility to find solution to problem of illegal emigration
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission engages in joint international initiative to increase transparency of oil data
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/REGIONS:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/AGRICULTURE: European agreement signed on reducing worker risks of muscular skeletal disorders - Odile Quintin: “social dialogue is an extremely important element in European governance”
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/WHO/HEALTH: WHO wants to see better promotion of child and teenager health in Europe
(EU) OECD/HEALTH: OECD countries spend only 3% of healthcare budget on prevention and public awareness
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/MEDICINES:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2424: Climate change: European Parliament makes requests before Montreal Conference
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