Traduction de «Conventional Forces in Europe Joint Verification Group » (Anglais → Français) :

Q. whereas Russia has suspended its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty), stating that it will halt inspections and verifications of its military sites by NATO countries and will no longer limit the number of its conventional weapons,

Jacques Delors Secretariat General Forward Studies Unit Inspectorate-General Legal Service Monetary Matters Spokesman's Service Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Security Office Henning Christophersen Economic and financial affairs Monetary matters (in agreement with President Delors) Credit and investments Statistical Office Manuel Marin Cooperation and development - economic cooperation with the countries of the Southern Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Near East, Latin America and Asia - Lomé Convention European Community ...[+++]Humanitarian Aid Office Martin Bangemann Industrial affairs Information and telecommunications technology Sir Leon Brittan External economic affairs (North America, Japan, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe) Commercial Policy Abel Matutes Energy and Euratom Supply Agence Transport Peter Schmidhuber Budgets Financial control Fraud prevention Cohesion Fund: coordination and management Christiane Scrivener Customs and indirect taxation Direct taxation Consumer policy Bruce Millan Regional policy Relations with the Committee of the Regions Karel Van Miert Competition Personnel and administration policy, translation and informatics Hans van den Broek External political relations Common foreign and security policy Enlargement negotiations (Task Force) João Deus de Pinheiro Relations with the European Parliament Internal relations with Member States with regard to openness, communication and information Culture and Audiovisual Office for official publications Padraig Flynn Social affairs and employment Relations with the Economic and Social Committee Questions linked to immigration, internal and judicial affairs Antonio Ruberti Science, research and development Joint Research Centre Human resources, education, training and youth René Steichen Agriculture and rural development Ioannis Paleokrassas Environment, nuclear safety and civil protection Fisheries Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi Instituti ...

- Objective: Stronger international cooperation in legal and judicial affairs By actions which include: - working together more closely on obtaining evidence and other information - developing a nowhere to hide policy for international fugitives through better international mechanisms for extradition, deportation and mutual legal assistance - Objective: To promote environmental protection and nuclear safety By: actions which include - a more intensive dialogue and coordination of negotiating positions on major global issues in fora such as the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and the Global Environmental Facility - more discussion on regulatory cooperation on chemicals issues such as trade in hazardous chemicals, harmonisation of cl ...[+++]assification and labelling and reduction of risks from hazardous substances - continuing work on biotechnology issues and stepping up efforts to decrease air pollution - joint projects to help Central and Eastern European countries and the countries of the former Soviet Union deal with their environmental problems - joint efforts to secure the safety of all nuclear power stations throughout Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Ukraine and the NIS - promoting the ratification of the International Convention on Nuclear Safety - Objective: A global early warning system and response network for communicable diseases By actions which include - a joint task force to develop and implement the system (see box) - increased training and professional exchanges - increased follow-up on World Health Organisation resolutions on outbreak and reporting responsibilities and strengthened response centres HEALTH Tracking viruses If an Early Warning System for communicable diseases was created, it would enable scientists to track mutations and variations in killer viruses such as HIV, Ebola and the Hanta.

The United States (U.S.) - European Community (E.C.) Joint Consultative Group on Science and Technology at its first meeting, held February 25 1991, in Washington, D.C., agreed to investigate further possible collaborative activities in the field of energy and environment; regularly exchange information on respective science and technology collaborative activities with Central and Eastern Europe; conduct consultations in preparation for discussions on ...[+++]megaprojects at the spring 1992 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial on Science and Technology; enhance information exchanges on human resources, workforce data and the prospect of increased exchanges of young scientists; continue the efforts of the Task Force on Biotechnology; and continue the activities initiated last summer on information technologies.

Towards a new Asia policy: the objectives Policy-makers in the Union and its member states should set their minds on the following overall objectives when formulating a fresh, proactive policy towards Asia: To improve policy coordination within the Union at national and European level To identify clear priorities in terms of countries and sectors, thereby avoiding the use of too many policy instruments on too many countries. To strengthen the Union's economic presence in Asia To raise the profile of Europe in Asia To promote peace and ...[+++] security by strengthening relations with ASEAN and other regional groupings. To encourage further Asian participation in multilateral organisations To pursue further market-opening and improvement in the investment climate To help integrate those Asian countries moving from state controls to market-oriented economies To contribute to sustainable development and poverty alleviation in the poorest parts of Asia Towards a new Asia policy: priorities for action Political dialogue The EU should explore the possibility of continuing or initiating dialogue in a wide range of areas, including: extending the coverage of the UN Conventional Arms Register, itself the result of a joint EU-Japan initiative, as well as extending the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; reinforcing the efficiency of the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency; cooperating over the export of sensitive goods and technologies; urging its Asian partners to conclude a universal and verifiable treaty banning nuclear tests; strengthening the policy of encouraging the improvement of human rights.