Traduction de «Health Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases » (Anglais → Français) :

3. Minimum requirements for the animal health surveillance scheme, for the diseases listed in Part II of Annex III, based on the principles laid down in Annex IV, may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 62(2).

Where necessary to make the data easier to compile and compare , detailed rules for the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents listed in Annex I may be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2) and taking into consideration other Community rules laid down in the fields of animal health, food hygiene and communicable diseases.

We agree on the priority given to social development programmes in the fields of education – especially as regards the elimination of illiteracy and primary schooling – and health, in particular basic health services, the main communicable diseases (AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis) and reproductive health.

The work of the Task Force should contribute to the establishment of an effective global surveillance system for communicable diseases.

1. RECALLING the new Transatlantic Agreement concluded on 3 December 1995, which provides for the creation of a Task Force to develop and implement an effective global early warning and response system for communicable diseases; 2. RECALLING the procedure agreed between the Council and the Commission at the Council meeting on 12 November 1996, on the information of Council bodies on the work of the Task Force; 3. WELCOMES the progress made in the exploratory work of the three working parties set up by the Task Force as established ...[+++] at the 3rd meeting of the Task Force on 22 and 23 October 1997, in Luxembourg, and expresses its support for the continuation of that work; 4. EMPHASIZES how important it is for this initiative, which will help to strengthen international cooperation in the field, to be developed in a spirit of mutual collaboration and reciprocity; 5. EMPHASIZES also the importance, in this context, of appropriate coordination between the activities of the Task Force and those of the WHO in the field of transmissible diseases; 6. AGREES that the work of the Task Force should be closely coordinated with the systems of the Member States and with the future Community network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases; 7. PROPOSES to follow the Task Force's work closely with a view to the development of structured cooperation in a subsequent stage; 8. WISHES specific guidelines for the continuation of this work, together with a description of the resources required for its implementation, to be submitted to it in time for its next meeting on health matters.

- 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 discussio ...[+++]n on regulatory cooperation on chemicals issues such as trade in hazardous chemicals, harmonisation of classification 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.