EUFOR currently comprises some 6,500 troops from 22 EU member States and 11 other countries, which are deployed throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in three regional multinational task forces and EUFOR headquarters.

But EUFOR is also a vital additional part of the EU family.

EUFOR currently comprises around 6,500 troops, from 22 European Union member States and 11 third countries, which are deployed throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in three regional multinational task forces and at EUFOR headquarters.

EUFOR activities

And the EU itself is the leader in world trade, accounting for 18 , followed by the US and China. Even the free circulation of workers and people in Europe is a well established and positive reality 2 of EU citizens more than 10 million people reside in a Union member country other than their native one.

Deputy Director General of Development of the European Commission on behalf of the European Community

On 12 July 2004, the European Council issued its decision to replace the NATO mission with an EU led peacekeeping force (EUFOR).

Similar plans for Asia and elsewhere remain largely on the drawing board but the members of such organizations as the ASEAN Regional Forum, the African Union, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at least are talking more and more seriously about harmonizing policies on issues of common interest.

SFOR handover to EUFOR

The United States and the EU provide 75 per cent of the total.

This is part of the Union's strategy.

The force is deployed throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, with three regional multinational task forces and headquarters in Sarajevo.

On 4 February 2005, the European Union Ministers responsible for gender equality policy and the European Commissioner with responsibility for this portfolio participated in a European Ministerial Conference in Luxembourg.

As a member of the European Union, Germany is of course also involved in the harmonization activities at that level.

The force currently comprises some 6,500 troops from 22 European Union member States and 11 third countries, which are deployed throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in three regional multinational task forces and EUFOR headquarters.

The EU Council of Ministers is scheduled to meet in November to discuss the second EUFOR mission review and agree on the mandate and force structure for 2006.

The contributions of the European Union to the Trust Fund for East Timor have represented almost two thirds of the total financial envelope, while budget support from the Union has represented one third of the international community's total budget support.

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In his address to the European Union Ministerial Council meeting on 3 October 2005, after the decision of the European Union to open accession negotiations with Croatia, the Prime Minister reiterated that position.

Any sober appraisal of what has actually happened since expansion would put the problems in perspective when enlargement was agreed, the combined size of the ten new members economies roughly equaled that of the Netherlands. Today, after five years of much stronger growth among the newcomers, their combined GNP is somewhat smaller than that of the Benelux countries.

Although it has been operational for only a short time, the synergies between EUFOR and other European Union actors on the ground have started to take effect.

In 2006, the EU established a Globalization Adjustment Fund to cushion those sectors hardest hit by rising imports. Though the Fund initially was allocated only 500 million, a rather modest sum compared to the overall annual EU budget of around 100 billion, its creation was an important signal of the EU s readiness to compensate those who lose out from a common policy.

EUFOR works in unison with the HR EUSR, European Union Police Mission, the European Union Monitoring Mission and the European Commission's assistance programmes to support both the stabilization and association process and mission implementation plan of the Office of the High Representative.

European Commission, Directorate General for Fisheries, Brussels, Belgium

The European Union welcomes the official launching of the national dialogue by the Interim President.

The Third Phase we should use the example of EU and EUROPOLE with common database (GCCPOLE) Bahrain will be happy to host its HQ.

Fundamental elements proposed by the European Union, in conformity with the common position adopted by the European Union Council of Ministers, to be inserted in the final document of the 2005 NPT Conference concerning Main Committee II

Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid.

And when she got all the Ministers of Agriculture of the E.U.

(representing the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union)

The upheaval among Europe s southern and eastern neighbors may well bring about a long overdue revamping of the EU s Neighborhood Policy. And, in pursuit of other avenues for expanding the EU s reach, European leaders might reinvigorate the European Economic Area.

The arrival in Kinshasa of President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and envoys from the African Union and the European Union

In January 2005, the European Union's executive arm ordered the United Kingdom to phase out a tax break for offshore companies based in Gibraltar after finding the arrangement not in accordance with European Union competition rules.

On 2 December 2004, NATO successfully terminated the mission of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) and the European Union launched the European Force (EUFOR) Operation Althea.

EUFOR has the main peace stabilization role and monitors the implementation of the military aspects of the General Framework Agreement for Peace.

The European Union has also provided 6 million to the African Union's Peace and Security Department for its capacity building plans.

It welcomed the measures taken at United Nations Headquarters to enhance security consciousness, including the very important step of establishing the Department of Safety and Security.

The Union as a whole, counting both member States apos bilateral contributions as well as the Community contribution, was the largest donor, accounting for 43 per cent of total contributions in 1995.

Only two officers from Headquarters travel to Europe.

By contrast, the European Parliament has a better reputation than the EU as a whole the average EU wide level of trust in the European Parliament is 54 , whereas in Britain it is 30 . Across the EU, 48 think EU membership is a good thing in Britain, this figure falls to 29 .

But, if one compares the EU with the United States or Japan (where public debt equals 200 of GDP), the Union s current poor image is unjustified. Indeed, employment in the EU as a whole remains high, as do private savings rates.

As such, EUFOR buttresses the EU integrated efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina and helps enable the country to progress towards EU integration by its own efforts.

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.

As soon as he takes office as President of the European Commission, Durao Barroso Portugal's former Prime Minister should devote urgent attention to restoring order and focus to the European Union's economic policies.