Traduction de «Conseil Affaires générales et relations extérieures » (Français → Anglais) :

General Affairs and External Relations Council | GAERC [Abbr.]

General Affairs – External Relations Council

JAI-RELEX Working Party | JHA-RELEX Ad Hoc Support Group | Justice and Home Affairs-Foreign Relations Counsellors Working Party

Directorate-General for External Relations | External Relations DG

Head of the Department of External Affairs | Director of External Affairs

foreign policy [ foreign affairs | foreign relations ]

Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and External Relations of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries

Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations

having regard to all the relevant Council Conclusions, in particular the GAERC Conclusions of 27 October 2009 and the Council’s Action Plan for Enhanced Engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions of 22 March 2010,

Recognises attempts by the Council and the Commission to organise a second round of the European Union-Uzbekistan dialogue on human rights in May 2008 and commends the Commission on its efforts to organise a civil society seminar on media expression in the margins of the dialogue, possibly in Tashkent; points out once again that the holding of a dialogue on human rights and experts' meetings on the 2005 Andijan massacre do not in themselves constitute progress and cannot be used as a reason for the lifting of sanctions; notes that the absence of an independent international inquiry into the Andijan massacre and the lack of any improvem ...[+++]ent in the human rights situation in Uzbekistan — these being the conditions laid down by the European Union for the lifting of sanctions — have logically led to the sanctions against Uzbekistan being extended; welcomes the fact that the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 15-16 October 2007 have introduced specific conditions which have to be met within a period of six months in order for the visa restriction suspension to be maintained; invites the Council and the Commission to carry out a serious assessment of the impact of the decision to suspend for six months some of the visa restrictions that form part of the European Union sanctions against Uzbekistan, and to review the overall human rights situation in the country; deplores the fact that Uzbekistan has so far failed to deliver any progress in any of these respects; pays tribute to the work done by its Subcommittee on Human Rights in closely monitoring the human rights situation every six months so as to provide the Council with regular parliamentary assessments and recommendations as regards the EU policy to be adopted in this matter; is appalled by the presidential election held on 23 December 2007 in Uzbekistan, which according to the ODIHR was ‘held in a strictly controlled political environment, leaving no room for real opposition, a ...

The European Council of June 2007[4] reaffirmed the paramount importance of the European Neighbourhood Policy and endorsed a Presidency progress report[5] submitted to the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) at its meeting on 18 and 19 June and the relevant Council Conclusions[6].

The June 2007 European Council[4] reaffirmed the paramount importance of the European Neighbourhood Policy and endorsed a Presidency Progress Report[5] that had been submitted to the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on 18/19 June as well as the related Council Conclusions[6].