The National Farmers' Union biofuel policy.

The European Union condemned the policy of the forced return and expulsion of refugees.

The industrial policies now followed by the European Union are less interventionist, and competition policy is considered to be complementary to industrial policy.

(g) Advise the Secretary General on policy and strategic issues related to European Union institutions.

Finally, the European Union intends to undertake a proactive policy on Africa, particularly sub Saharan Africa.

232. As far as market matters are concerned, the Danish agricultural policy functions within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.

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The Union has decided this year to reinforce its efforts for the universal abolition of the death penalty as a strongly held policy agreed by the European Union.

5. The Cyprus Confederation may, if parties jointly agree, pursue a policy of accession to the European Union.

He also discussed European Union assistance to the Transitional Federal Government with Javier Solana, the European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, who was visiting Ethiopia.

(c) The European Union does to have a stated policy of preference or ineligibility concerning procurement among its members.

Report of the Secretary General and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union on the activities of the European Union military mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

UNHCR considers the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference of the European Union (IGC) as a possible forum where a positive outcome might result from the discussions on the future of European Union asylum policy.

49. On 25 June 1996, the European Union adopted a Common Position on East Timor, which shall henceforth determine the policy of the European Union and its member States on this issue.

UNCTAD also prepared a draft agreement for regional competition policy for member States of the South African Customs Union (SACU).

1. The European Union believes that United States trade policy towards Cuba is principally a matter for those two Governments.

For example, in India, 13 states and union territories have adopted their state housing policy and strategy, based on the enabling approach of the National Housing Policy adopted by Parliament in 1994.

In the context of the common European security policy, the Union attaches particular importance to disarmament, arms control and non proliferation.

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is participating in the chemical substance policy review of the European Union Commission with the goal of a comprehensive system for the registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals.

18. Regarding the substantive policy segment of the Board, the European Union believed that the proposals just agreed upon formed the basis for a useful policy debate on foreign direct investment and development.

As an acceding country to the European Union (EU), we will take on board new responsibilities in the field of development policy.

His competition authority was ready to contribute to the implementation and development of the competition policy provisions of the Southern African Customs Union.

The European Union apos s foreign and security policy has, in the past few years, given special attention to disarmament and non proliferation.

To deal with the issue of anti personnel landmines, the European Union has been implementing its most advanced foreign and security policy instrument.

This theme will be pursued at the forthcoming Second International Policy Conference on the African Child, organized by the African Child Policy Forum in collaboration with the African Union, UNICEF and Plan International in May 2006.

The European Union, for its part, has used its development policy and other cooperation programmes to provide a basis for post conflict reconstruction activities.

For its part, the European Union is considering a number of measures to implement resolution 1325 (2000) within our European Security and Defence Policy.

(d) Develop and promote marketing and communication strategies vis à vis Governments, policy makers, the private sector, United Nations system and European Union institutions

The Act does not introduce any innovations in types of trade union and does not require them to reapply for legal status, but it does introduce a legislative policy which is designed to influence trade union structure in future and which is limited to the requirements for granting trade union status.

This was supplemented by ongoing dialogue on policy issues, including meetings of the United Nations European Union steering committee in November 2004 and June 2005 and United Nations participation in a European Union peacekeeping exercise study in April 2005.

Thirdly, in cooperation with UNICEF, the European Union has launched a children's rights training programme for Union officials and the issue has also been introduced in training activities related to the European Security and Defence Policy and crisis management.

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While the Economic Commission for Africa has not elaborated a regional implementation strategy, the African Union Policy Framework and Plan of Action on Ageing was adopted by African Union heads of State and Government in Durban, South Africa, in July 2002.

Innovation can be induced from an outside actor (such as the case of the European Union and its accession policy) or it can be internally driven.

As a country with an economy in transition and as a European Union (EU) candidate, Croatia is undergoing significant internal structural change and external policy scrutiny.

In the context of its common foreign and security policy, the Union attaches particular importance to matters relating to the strengthening of international peace and security.

The United States also welcomes European Union efforts to develop a code of conduct whose principles appear to be consistent with United States arms transfer policy.

The European Trade Union Confederation has established a permanent trade union committee on sustainable development, with climate change as a major focus, to undertake a major study of employment impacts of climate change, identifying strategic policy avenues for job creation and environmental protection.

5.30 p.m. Ms. Benita Ferrero Waldner, European Union External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner and Mr. Louis Michel, European Union Development and Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner (on the European Union's commitment to and contributions towards achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals)

He also drew attention to the fact that the spokesman for the European Union had expressed concern that members of the Union might not be able to enter into an in depth policy debate if their experts were not participating in the Commission.

She welcomed the focus of Latvia's social policy on empowering individuals and congratulated the country on its accession to the European Union with all that that implied.

This agreement (like the NAFTA, as well as the Canada Chile and European Union Chile FTAs), excludes competition policy disputes from the application of dispute settlement procedures.

This means that, when considering a new eastern policy, the European Union must focus first and foremost on Ukraine. The EU s eastern member states, in particular, must not lose their interest in Ukraine's future, otherwise the Union as a whole may soon do the same.