Traduction de «Conseils et appels » (Français → Anglais) :

45. Emphasises once more the primordial importance of the formulation of strong EU common positions, in order to harness the collective weight of the EU and its Member States; takes note, in this light, of the development of the capacity of the Council Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM) and the efforts to identify key priorities as well as efforts to clarify the division of labour which will help developing cross regional outreach and collaboration and on lobbying all moderate States including between Geneva and New York; welcomes the de facto COHOM based in Brussels and the proposal to have a yearly meeting of the COHOM in Geneva; supports the efforts to put across ‘one message, with many voices’, but deplores the fact that the searc ...[+++]h for common ground too often leads to an acceptance of the lowest common denominator, particularly in final Council Conclusions and calls for bolder, more ambitious action; in this connection, encourages the EEAS, particularly the EU's delegations in Geneva and New York, to increase its coherence, based on timely and substantive consultation, and the visibility of the EU's action in order to enhance its credibility in the world;

The Government approved the recommendation which led to the enactment of new laws and regulations, drafted by the Treasury, vesting the award procedures on the Tender Boards of the procuring Ministries/Departments/Services.

The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 118(2) of the Euratom Treaty, in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission.

Finally, I think it is important to point out that in the context of the tenth evaluation of the EU Common Position on Cuba, the German delegation made a statement in which it approves the Council’s conclusions, but calls on the Commission to produce a framework for cooperation that will be effective in the short term.

14. Stresses with regard to asylum policy that the competence of the Refugees Appeals Council and the quality of its procedure and decisions must be improved, that access to legal assistance as well as the right to appeal against detention must be guaranteed and that complementary forms of protection and family reunification procedures have to be established; calls for a revision of the lists of safe third countries and safe countries of origin;

5. Welcomes the call, contained in the Presidency Conclusions, for the Convention entrusted with drawing up a Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to present a draft document in advance of the Biarritz European Council in October 2000; recalls its commitment to the indivisibility of rights and their incorporation in the Treaties;