Translation of "blanc biologique " (French → English) :

37. Calls on the Council and the Commission to urge all Member States to sign and to meet their commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and to do their utmost to promote the Additional Verification Protocol to the BWC, which includes lists of dangerous biological agents and pathogens and provisions on disclosure statements and monitoring inspections; also urges the Member States, the Council, the Commission and the international community to draw up, as part of the Verification Annex to the CWC, a list of all potentially harmful chemical substances, including white phosphorus;

37. Calls on the Council and the Commission to urge all Member States to sign and to meet their commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and to do their utmost to promote the Additional Verification Protocol to the BWC, which includes lists of dangerous biological agents and pathogens and provisions on disclosure statements and monitoring inspections; also urges the Member States, the Council, the Commission and the international community to draw up, as part of the Verification Annex to the CWC, a list of all potentially harmful chemical substances, including white phosphorus;

4. Suggests that investment by the new EU recovery plan and Member States recovery initiatives should be steered towards sustainable development, such as energy saving and renewable energies, clean production and waste prevention, sustainable urban development and housing, organic farming, sustainable fisheries and preservation of eco-systems, improving water and resource efficiency, re-conversion of the armaments industry, expanding and improving public services, education, health care, long term care, social services and the social economy, support to public housing construction, care and education sectors, combating poverty and social ...[+++] exclusion, with a view to promote the creation of sustainable 'green' and 'white' declared jobs;

Instead, the United States has made the build-up of their biological arsenal and the use of white phosphorus and depleted uranium a strong point in their aggressive and unacceptable military policy.

It follows that the only additional cost for these activities due to biodiversity coverage is the one related to prevention of damage to, and restoration of, biodiversity according to the criteria foreseen in the White Paper.

I will quote just the opening words: ``Dad is destiny. More than virtually any other factor, a biological father's presence in the family will determine a child's success and happiness, rich or poor, white or black.