Traduction de «union interaméricaine pour le logement » (Français → Anglais) :

Discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic origin in education, employment, health and housing as well as other areas is already prohibited by EU law, but legislation alone is not enough: Member States need to develop and implement an integrated and sustainable approach that combines efforts across different areas, including education, employment, health and housing.

[Text] Question No. 144 Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: How many person-years have been allocated and what has been the total cost spent by both Foreign Affairs Canada and International Trade Canada, for each year since 1994, for the following activities: (a) organizing, operating and participating in the National Committee on Firearms; (b) formulating, implementing and administering the Canadian Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (c) developing and implementing the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; (d) developing and implementing the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammuniti ...[+++]on, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; (e) developing and implementing the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (f) developing and implementing the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (Inter-American Convention), signed by Canada in November 1997; (g) developing and implementing the European Union (EU) Joint Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons adopted by the EU States on December 17, 1998; (h) developing and implementing the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports adopted by the EU States; (i) planning and participating in the Small Arms Survey 2001 and 2002; (j) participating in the planning, implementing and administering the Canadian Firearms Program, the Firearms Act and regulations and Part III of the Criminal Code; and (k) processing and issuing import and export permits for firearms and related products?

The European Union emphasizes the importance of solving major problems through dialogue and urges the government, the political parties and civil society to commit themselves to find solutions through negotiation and broad national consensus in due respect of the constitution of Venezuela, universal human rights and the democratic values expressed in the Inter-American Democratic Charter.

More than 3 600 mortgage lending institutions had already agreed to comply with the Voluntary Code of Conduct on housing loans when it came into effect on 30 September 2002. The purpose of the Code, drawn up by the European Union in March 2001 (see IP/01/1755), is to guarantee that consumers receive transparent and comparable information on housing loans in order to encourage cross-border competition.

It also paved the way to the EU joining the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) which is responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and other marine resources in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

In the cases of parliamentarians belonging to the Patriotic Union, or Unión Patriótica, who were assassinated or forced into exile, I am pleased to tell the Senate that the Inter-American Commission will soon rule on the merits of these cases, which we believe is essential to ensuring that justice be done.