Traduction de «Déclaration faite solennellement » (Français → Anglais) :

– Mr President, I have to say that I am shocked by the Council statement here today that not a single body of the Council has made any effort whatsoever to reach a common position in relation to our stance in the World Bank, or indeed to use the clout we clearly have financially and in voting terms on the World Bank; despite the fact that every Head of State recently signed up solemnly to the European Constitution, which declares that we want to end world poverty, and despite the fact that each Member State has signed up to the Millennium Development Goals ...[+++].

– Mr President, I have to say that I am shocked by the Council statement here today that not a single body of the Council has made any effort whatsoever to reach a common position in relation to our stance in the World Bank, or indeed to use the clout we clearly have financially and in voting terms on the World Bank; despite the fact that every Head of State recently signed up solemnly to the European Constitution, which declares that we want to end world poverty, and despite the fact that each Member State has signed up to the Millennium Development Goals ...[+++].

In view of the declarations made by the UN Secretary General on the occasion of the European Parliament's plenary session of 29 January 2004, in which he spoke of the importance of Europe being open to immigrants, the draftswoman would also like to stress the importance of the Agency having, among its tasks, that of making sure that all control and return operations be undertaken with full respect for the rights of the individual, and that, at the same time, the Agency should forward to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission any information relating to cases of illegal immigration resulting from situations where democrat ...[+++]ic and human rights have been violated in non-EU countries.

3. Urges the Commission to give a formal undertaking regarding cooperation with the European Parliament in the field of securities policy in the form of a declaration in plenary before the adoption of the first legislative text drawn up in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Lamfalussy report, including all the commitments set out in this resolution; calls for a citation referring to this declaration to be included in all directives concerning the implementation of financial services legislation;

Nevertheless, and despite several declarations of good intentions, the formal 1974 commitment to attain the objective of public aid for development at a level of 0.7% of GDP and despite the fact that the World Bank recently found it necessary to double the resources earmarked for public aid, the truth is that it is no higher than 0.22% in the OECD countries, the lowest level ever, having fallen by around 25% in the last decade and ...[+++]not currently exceeding 0.32% in the Member States of the European Union.

At the beginning of the process, in addition to passports, immigration documents, employment records, school records, and declarations by colleagues and by neighbours, not a lot more is available to document whether an applicant has been here, other than his sworn declaration or a declaration by solemn affirmation that they have been here.