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)

But most attention has focused on the EU s three top positions the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Council, and the High Representative for external affairs.

That inspiration remains the foundation and lodestar of the European Union in world affairs and in its actions and policies.

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During the years 2000 2004, a Greek woman served as a Commissioner in the European Union, competent for social affairs and employment.

Moscovici, the executive committee member of economic affairs of the European Commission, said on Friday, We are not interested in the crisis between the European Commission and Italy, he responded cautiously since the proposals and sanctions of the European Commission might have little impact on Italy.

As this struggle shows, Ukraine has been obliged to assume a higher profile role in European affairs. It must consider where and in what sort of Europe it fits, what balance it should strike between Russia and the European Union, and how it should find the self assurance needed to play its full part in world affairs.

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Meanwhile, Italy must decide whether it replaces Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who displayed no interest in reform and European affairs, with the cautious Romano Prodi, the former European Commission President. Tony Blair, once an ardent pro European (at least by Britain s undemanding standards), might finally have to cede power to Gordon Brown, who is famously cold to European integration.

We decide that during the period 2006 2007 the Chairman in Office will be H.E. Mrs. Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration.

On 11 October 2004, the General Affairs and External Relations Council approved the operational plan for Operation Althea, the largest European led military operation so far.

The long term plan is that this money should come from a fund created by European banks themselves. But the Eurogroup (a meeting of eurozone finance ministers attended by the European Union s economic and monetary affairs commissioner and the European Central Bank president) is suggesting that, until then, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and thus the taxpayers will fill the gap.

This programme was co financed by the Directorate General of Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission (80 ) and the General Secretariat for Gender Equality (20 ).

It began well, when Spanish voters approved the draft European Union constitution, but it turned sour when French and Dutch voters spurned it soon after. Those votes partly reflected displeasure with domestic policies, and partly disappointment with the way governments conduct European affairs.

The political community of the 1950 s that France had persuaded its five European partners to accept was supposed to absorb both the European Coal and Steel Community and the EDC. It was to have both diplomatic and military powers, as well as a legislative assembly much like today s European Parliament just as the 2005 EU constitutional plan would have extended the European Parliament s powers and created a European minister of foreign affairs.

Finally, in times of economic crisis we should be guided more than ever by our common democratic values the inner dimension of our European identity and a crucial unifying factor for our societies. They are also a powerful tool for European leadership in global affairs.

On 23 November 2004, the General Affairs and External Relations Council of the European Union adopted its conclusions on the renewed commitment of the European Union to the International Conference on Population and Development in the context of the Development Goals set out in the Millennium Declaration.

In international affairs, Merkel is more skeptical about European enlargement, notably to include Turkey, than Schröder. Merkel, an East German by background, is also more cautious in her approach to Russia.

Lastly, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Non Aligned Movement Troika, represented by Cuba, Malaysia and South Africa, had met their Troika counterparts from the European Union, represented by Austria, the United Kingdom, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, in order to convey to them the concerns of the Non Aligned Movement regarding the Middle East peace process.

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The larger issue at stake is whether Europe is prepared to establish the common political space that is needed to manage the monetary union and strengthen the European Union s influence in world affairs.

In July 2004, the Office for Outer Space Affairs, together with the European Association for the International Space Year and other co sponsors, organized a Conference on Tele health and Satellites in Morocco.

The meetings resulted, among other things, in an exchange of letters between the European Commission and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs defining the coordination concepts of these organizations in countries outside the European Union, and confirming the INSARAG guidelines as the standard for international coordination in earthquakes.

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Monnet and Schuman argued that a political union similar to America s would prevent the types of conflict that had caused three major European wars an appealing idea, but one that overlooked America s horrific Civil War. A European political union could also make Europe a power comparable to the United States, and thereby give France, with its sophisticated foreign service, an important role in European and world affairs.

The Department for the Coordination of Emancipation Policy at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment and the Hilda Verwey Jonker Institute have begun research into men's involvement in care in a European context.

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In Croatia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration has been assigned the task of monitoring the MDG process and acting as the main partner of the United Nations Development Programme in implementing MDG activities.

Europe cannot afford a dogfight between these two founding member states, so it s high time to put emotions aside and review their differences on the future course of European integration. As a former Dutch State Secretary for European Affairs and Benelux Coordinator, I believe that the Netherlands and Belgium can once again play complementary roles.

This year has also seen a number of positive developments, including a reset in relations between two key players in the European security dialogue Russia and the United States. The European Union has recently taken important steps towards greater cohesion and unity with the appointment of a President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs.

We will hear addresses by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland.

BRUSSELS Anyone reflecting on the value, weight, and relevance of today s European military forces for global affairs needs to keep two crucial questions in mind Where do we want to go? What do we want to achieve?

2 CBSS Ministerial meetings have been held in the fields of agriculture, children's affairs, culture, economic affairs, education, energy, finance, health, information technology, interior, justice, labour, social affairs, spatial planning, trade and industry, transport, youth affairs.

Mr. Valere Mantels, Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, was in charge of the BWC issues in the Department for Disarmament Affairs.

Hong Kong belong to China, and Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs.

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