Translation of "union universelle des communautés séphardites " (French → English) :

A. whereas Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union founds the Union on a community of indivisible and universal values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human rights, for all persons on the territory of the European Union, including those belonging to minorities; whereas the effective safeguarding and promotion of rights has to be an overall objective of all European policies, including their external dimension, and an e ...[+++]ssential condition of the consolidation of the European Union contributing to the promotion of peace, the values and principles related to human rights and fundamental freedoms and people's well-being,

A. whereas Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union founds the Union on a community of indivisible and universal values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human rights, for all persons on the territory of the European Union, including those belonging to minorities; whereas the effective safeguarding and promotion of rights has to be an overall objective of all European policies, including their external dimension, and an es ...[+++]sential condition of the consolidation of the European Union contributing to the promotion of peace, the values and principles related to human rights and fundamental freedoms and people’s well-being,

Considers that the right to democracy — understood as the right of every citizen to take part in the exercise of the sovereignty of the people within the framework of institutions subject to the rule of law — is an historically acquired universal human right explicitly recognised by the ECHR, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 1993 Vienna Declaration of the World Conference on Human Rights and the United Nations Millennium Declaration; considers that this right to democracy carries with it the duty for international community institu ...[+++]tions, the European Union and all the Member States to work towards removing obstacles in the way of their full enjoyment throughout the world; considers that, in order to achieve this, a new additional step should be taken, namely the setting-up of a genuine network of democracies around the world by transforming and strengthening existing organisations;

It is appropriate to provide Member States that have acceded to the Union after the entry into force of Directive 2002/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 amending Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the further opening to competition of Community postal services (7) and may have faced particular difficulties regarding the smooth adaptation of their postal markets because they joined the postal reform process at a late stage, and certain Member States with a small population and a limited geographical size having specific characteristics that are particular to postal services or with a particularly difficult ...[+++] topography, with a huge number of islands with the possibility to postpone the implementation of this Directive for a limited period of time, in order to continue to reserve services to their universal service provider(s), subject to notification to the Commission.

ACKNOWLEDGING the necessity of observing human rights and freedoms, and emphasising that this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Community, the Member States of the European Union and Ukraine arising from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948 and from international law, in particular, from the European Convention of 4 November 1950 for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Convention of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol of 31 January 1967 on the Status of Refugees, the international Covenant on ...[+++]Civil and Political Rights of 19 December 1966 and international instruments on extradition,

ACKNOWLEDGING the necessity of observing human rights and freedoms, and emphasising that this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Community, the Member States of the European Union and Ukraine arising from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948 and from international law, in particular, from the European Convention of 4 November 1950 for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Convention of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol of 31 January 1967 on the Status of Refugees, the international Covenant on ...[+++]Civil and Political Rights of 19 December 1966 and international instruments on extradition,