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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9735

9 September 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
UNHCR calls for more rights for asylum seekers

Brussels, 08/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - As a ministerial conference on asylum policy was beginning on Monday 8 September in Paris under the French presidency, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on EU member states to build a genuine “Europe of Asylum”. António Guterres, the UNHC said in a press statement on Monday that this was an unprecedented and ambitious adventure, as well as a unique opportunity to strengthen refugee protection. He also added that such...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Economy and Finance: a particularly packed informal meeting
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Barroso team lays out its work priorities for 2009
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Europeans and Russians agree on timetable to implement six-point agreement
(EU) EU/GYMNICH: Ministers call for compliance with 6-point plan and want independent international investigation into Georgian conflict
(EU) EU/GYMNICH: EU discusses future of transatlantic relations
(EU) EU/BELARUS: Commission calls for resumption of political dialogue
(EU) EU/GYMNICH:
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes 15% reduction in most Baltic Sea fish quotas
(EU) EU/AFRICAN UNION: Commission and AU launch Africa-EU energy partnership
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission provides €2 million fast-track humanitarian aid for Haiti
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2007: Siim Kallas admits that court will not give positive declaration of assurance on 2007 budget management
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Investigation into corruption involves Commission official
(EU) EP/BUDGET:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Negotiations on two own-initiative reports on financial supervision and speculative funds making good progress
(EU) EU/JHA: According to France Terre d'asile NGO, asylum seekers subject to treatment that varies considerably throughout EU
(EU) EU/JHA: UNHCR calls for more rights for asylum seekers
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EU/GMO: Soybean A2704-12 authorisation
(EU) EU/PLANTS: Call for “plant health control plan”
(EU) EU/PLANTS: Vassiliou visits Plant Variety Office
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Commission machinery used for pesticide application to comply with further standards
(EU) EU/ENERGY: In light of Russo-Georgian conflict, Mr Piebalgs reaffirms need to diversify sources and routes of supply
(EU) EU/ENERGY: French and Belgian TSOs, RTE and ELIA, to start up joint regional technical coordination centre
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: New Eurydice study on teachers' autonomy
(EU) EU/SPORT: Commission repeats request to Peking for cooperation with paralympic committee in fostering inclusion of people with disabilities
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rome to propose to its EU partners that EIB be made into European sovereign fund
(EU) EU/SOCIAL ECONOMY: President Barroso pleads for social Europe marked by spirit of entrepreneurship
(EU) EU/HOUSING:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: publication of annual Eurofound report on working time in EU 27
(EU) EU/CIVIL SOCIETY: European Civic Forum launches its "Plan C for Europe"- C for citizenship, civic-mindedness and communication
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMMITTTEE OF THE REGIONS: Conference on mobilising for democracy and 2009 European elections
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Renewable energies:
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Polls:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 791
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