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| | European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The EU member states have recently agreed to the text of a new constitutional treaty that, if ratified by the member states, would have become the first official constitution of the EU, replacing all previous treaties with a single document. | | | The European Court of Justice (incorporating the Court of First Instance) (25 judges (and 25 judges of CFI)) | | | The most recent amendments to the Treaty of Rome were agreed as part of the Treaty of Accession of the 10 new member states, which entered into force on 1 May 2004. |
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| | EUROJUST |
| | The College of Eurojust is now composed of 25 National Members, one nominated by each EU Member State. | | | The national members are senior, experienced prosecutors or judges; some national members are supported by Deputies and Assistants. | | | Eurojust stimulates and improves the co-ordination of investigations and prosecutions between competent authorities in the Member States. |
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| | LLRX -- Research Guide to Belgian Law |
| | The Council of State is the highest administrative court. | | | The King was (and is) the head of state and of the executive branch, but political power is almost entirely in the hands of the government and its prime minister. | | | The judicial branch consists of regular courts in different appeal levels (private and criminal law matters), later an administrative court was added (1948). |
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http://www.llrx.com/features/belgian.htm
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| | NYU Law - Library, European Union Research |
| | A meeting of the European Council brings together the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union and the President of the European Commission. | | | The Council is composed of one ministerial level representative from each Member State; the ministers vary depending upon the subject of the meeting. | | | Parliament members are directly elected by the citizens of Europe every five years. |
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http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/euguide.html
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| | European Union Internet Resources |
| | Main decision-making institution of the EU, comprised of ministers from each member state. | | | European Body for the Enhancement of Judicial Co-operation | | | Database of questions posed by the European Parliament to the Council and the Commission, searchable by author, political group, etc. |
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http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/gov_eu.html
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| | Information Sources: Western Europe & The European Union |
| | The New York University Law Library is an official depository for European Union documents. | | | Statewatch Database: a searchable database which monitors the state and civil liberties in the UK and Europe | | | Center for European Legal Studies at Columbia Law School |
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/westoid.html
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| | The European Constitution - An Explanatory Guide |
| | In order to enter into force, it must be ratified by each Member State according to its constitutional requirements. | | | Publication of a White Paper on the European Constitution | | | Noel Treacy, T.D., Minister for European Affairs at the Humbert Summer School, Ballina |
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http://www.europeanconstitution.ie
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| | European Union |
| | Statewatch database: the State and civil liberties in UK and Europe - An useful searchable database for information on Europol and Schengen Conventions as well as on third pillar issues. | | | European Union News (Office of the Commission in Washington) | | | RAVE (abbreviation of "Recherche von Artikeln aus dem Völker- und Europarecht") is "a database for research of articles and decisions in public international law and European law". |
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http://www.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/EULAW.htm
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| | European Union - Delegation of the European Commission to the USA |
| | The World Competitiveness Yearbook ranks Austria, EU Member State and current holder of the EU Presidency, #2 in quality of life—surpassing the US and Japan. | | | EU Commissioner Michel to Attend Inaugural of 1st Woman President in Africa: Liberia's Sirleaf (1/13) | | | European Union - Delegation of the European Commission to the United States |
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http://www.eurunion.org
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| | Western European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | On 15 May 1995, the Council of Ministers of the WEU met in Lisbon. | | | Declaration of EUROFOR's creation was made by France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. | | | When the President of the Council of the EU belongs to a country that is also a member of the EU then that member is also the President of the WEU, and when a non member heads the EU a different member state takes over the presidency. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_European_Union
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| | Council of Europe |
| | Giovanni Di Stasi, President of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, will pay an official visit to Tirana on 16 and 17 January to discuss the situation of local democracy in the country and the implementation of Congress recommendations. | | | European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) | | | European Prison Rules: Committee of Ministers adopts new Recommendation |
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http://www.coe.int
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| | The Federation of European Employers (FedEE) |
| | The European Court of justice (EJC) has issued its decision in a case involving night duty by a teacher in a French residential care facility (Abdelkader Dellas and Others v Premier ministre and Others: C-14/04). | | | Complying with Europe: EU Harmonisation and Soft Law in the Member States (Themes in European Governance S.) | | | The Federation of European Employers, Head Office, Adam House |
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| | The EU Constitution |
| | On 29 October 2004, the Heads of State or Government of the 25 Member States and the 3 candidate countries signed the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe which will then need to be ratified by all 25 member states of the enlarged Union. | | | Italian and Irish Presidencies had led the negotiation and final approval of this document. | | | Towards the end of the 20th century, it became clear for a large number of European leaders that the EU required a re-foundation and renovation. |
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http://www.unizar.es/euroconstitucion/Treaties/Treaty_Const.htm
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| | ECOSY - Young European Socialists: ECOSY home |
| | Yes, I became (a little) less positive about the individual Member States. | | | Yes, I became (a bit) more positive about the individual Member States. | | | On December 15, 2005, the Latvian Parliament adopted a constitutional amendment to say that marriage is exclusively a union between a man and a woman. |
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| | European Union |
| | By the Office of Press and Public Affairs of the Delegation of the European Commission in Washington, DC. | | | CURIA - Court of Justice and Court of First Instance | | | Other EU document sources, such as the Parliament, the Court of Justice, and websites of Member States |
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http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/european.html
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| | Homepage |
| | The Presidency of the Council is held for six months by each member state on a rotational basis. | | | The ministers of the member states meet within the Council of the European Union. | | | Council configurations - European Council - EU Enlargement - President names - Presidency websites - Photographic Library |
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http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm
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| | European Union member states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Swiss government's stated long-term aims are met [1]. | | | There have been 25 European Union member states since 10 states joined on 1 May 2004. | | | the remaining states in Europe as stated in the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht (Article 49) geographic criteria. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_member_states
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| | European Council on Refugees and Exiles |
| | In an open letter to the EU Presidency on cooperation with Libya, ECRE urges the Minister Delegate of Foreign Affairs and Immigration to remind Member States of their responsibility to ensure that their actions do not lead directly or indirectly to violations of refugees' rights. | | | ECRE calls upon Justice and Home Affairs ministers meeting on Monday 25 October to renew the commitments made at Tampere to put refugee protection at the heart of Europe's asylum and immigration policy. | | | The Council Decision establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2005-2010 (ERF II) was adopted on 2 December 2004.The purpose of the ERF II is to support and encourage the efforts made by Member States in receiving and bearing the consequences of receiving refugees and displaced persons. |
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| | EUobserver.com |
| | Slovenia has joined the camp of member states aiming at a revival of the EU constitution, while Denmark has backed Austria in its criticism on the European Court of Justice. | | | The Austrian prime minister Wolfgang Schussel will inform the MEPs about his country's plans at the EU's helm. | | | Sweden has granted political asylum to a controversial yoga teacher from EU candidate state Romania, with the Romanian leader referring to the case as an example of shortcomings in the country's legal system less than a year before accession is scheduled. |
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| | U.K. businesses shrug off spam |
| | As the European Union pushes member states to implement laws to control spam, it seems that many businesses in the U.K., where the laws have been put in place, don't see it as a big problem. | | | The report comes the same day the EU sent a final warning to eight member states, telling them that they must include EU-wide laws on controlling spam in their national laws. | | | While the U.K. has already adopted the EU spam law, the DTI found that only one in five companies have bothered with filtering products, and a third of businesses don't consider spam an issue. |
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http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0401ukbusin.html
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| | Luxembourg Presidency - Headlines |
| | Jean-Claude Juncker, current President of the European Council spoke at the European Parliament on 22 June 2005 about the positive results of the Luxembourg Presidency (reform of the Growth and Stability Pact, relaunch of the Lisbon Strategy, more ambitious objectives for development aid, improvements in transatlantic relations and a new framework for relations with Russia). | | | The Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union came to an end at midnight on 30 June 2005. | | | Full text of Jean-Claude Juncker’s speech, current President of the Council of the European Union, at the European Parliament, on the outcome of the Luxembourg Presidency and the European Council held on 16-17 June – Brussels, 22 June 2005 |
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| | The University of Saarland, Germany |
| | Guide to Law Online - list of useful Swedish links (from Law Library of Congress in US) | | | Guide to Law Online - list of useful French links (from Law Library of Congress in US) | | | Guide to Law Online - list of useful Greek links (from Law Library of Congress in US) |
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http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/english/euro.html
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| | EUROPOL, the European Police Office |
| | European law enforcement agency, organised crime, serious crime, police support and coordination, Europe investigations, network of police men, organised crime report, combating criminal groups, European agency, Third Pillar agency, Europe-wide criminal intelligence, The Hague, Netherlands, EU Member States co-operation, Justice and Home Affairs, Council, | | | Europol is the European Law Enforcement Organisation which aims at improving the effectiveness and co-operation of the competent authorities in the Member States in preventing and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international organised crime. | | | EUROPOL, Europol, European police, Europe police, police, European Police Office, police force, police agency, |
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| | ITworld.com - E.U. threatens legal action over IT regulation |
| | Legal action was also being prepared against Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia for not having adopted appropriate secondary legislation, she said. | | | If after a certain period, the member state does not rectify the problem the Commission can start an action in the Court of Justice. | | | This framework had to be in place by July 24, 2003 for the then 15 E.U. member states, and by May 1, 2004 for the 10 countries that joined the Union on that date. |
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http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/041206euregulation
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| | Planet Ark : UPDATE - EU states agree to ratify Kyoto climate treaty |
| | "This means that the EU will complete the ratification (of the Kyoto treaty) by June 1," said European Commission spokeswoman for environmental affairs Pia Ahrenkilde-Hansen after EU environment ministers agreed to ratify the pact. | | | The legal move, which means EU member states may face court action if they fail to reach their emissions targets, confirmed the bloc's chosen position as defender of the global warming treaty, said EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom. | | | BRUSSELS - The 15 European Union member states agreed this week to be legally bound by the Kyoto treaty on cutting the pollution blamed for global warming, which the United States has rejected. |
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| | EU states back Microsoft sanctions - BreakingBusiness - http://www.theage.com.au |
| | EU states back Microsoft sanctions - BreakingBusiness - http://www.theage.com.au | | | "The members states have unanimously backed the commission's draft decision," said Amelia Torres, spokeswoman for EU competition commissioner Mario Monti. | | | European Union member states have unanimously backed a draft European Commission ruling on slapping sanctions on software giant Microsoft for abusing its dominant market position, a spokeswoman said. |
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| | European Australian Business Council Ltd |
| | EU Commissioner Mr Pascal Lamy at an EABC function in Sydney, July 2002, talking with EABC President Ted Tzovaras and H E Piergiorgio Mazzocchi, Ambassador and Head of Delegation for the European Delegation for Australia and New Zealand. | | | Just as the European Union represents its Member States on those aspects of Europe | | | which can most usefully be handled at a supranational level, so the European Australian Business Council (EABC) was founded to bring together the various European trade organisations within |
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| | Charter of Fundamental Rights: Home Page |
| | Mr Jacques Chirac, President of the European Council | | | Statements by the Presidents of the European Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on the Charter of Fundamental Rights | | | The Nice European Council (see Annex I to the Presidency conclusions) decided to consider the question of the Charter's legal status during the general debate on the future of the European Union, which was initiated on 1 January 2001. |
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| | Party of European Socialists - Parti Socialiste Européen - Home |
| | Three Prime Ministers and PES President call for free movement and better work conditions for workers from new EU member states | | | PES member parties" onmouseover="menu_display();" onfocus="menu_display();" onmouseout="menu_hide();" onblur="menu_hide();">PES member parties | | | Party of European Socialists - Parti Socialiste Européen - Home |
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| | CH-EU - European Union - EU Member States |
| | EEA Member States (Total: 25 EU States + 3 EFTA Member States) | | | Presidency of the EU States of the EU Publications | | | CH-EU - European Union - EU Member States |
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| | The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: European Union Research Guides |
| | A list of depository libraries in the United States is maintained on the site of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States. | | | A list of European documentation centers in EU member states and worldwide is maintained on the Europa website at European Documentation Centres. | | | The University Library System has been a European Union (EU) depository library since 1975. |
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http://www.library.pitt.edu/subject_guides/westeuropean/wwwes/euguides.guide.html
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| | Brief introduction about the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Area (EFTA) |
| | 10 New Member states (after May 1, 2004) | | | Austria (became member in 1995), Belgium (Founder Member in 1957), Denmark (1973), Finland (1995), France (FM 1957), Germany (FM 1957), Greece (1981), Ireland (1973), Italy (FM 1957), Luxemburg (FM 1957), the Netherlands (FM 1957), Portugal (1986), Spain (1986), Sweden (1995) and United Kingdom (Great Britain)(1973). | | | The European Free Trade Association (EFTA*) countries, with the exception of Switzerland, also enforce CE-Marking. |
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| | Annual report 2005 |
| | This annual report is based on information provided to the EMCDDA by the EU Member States and candidate countries and Norway (participating in the work of the EMCDDA since 2001) in the form of a national report. | | | Annual report 2005: the state of the drugs problem in Europe | | | The national reports from the Member States and Norway contain a detailed description and analysis of the drugs phenomenon per country. |
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| | EFTA Surveillance Authority - Root |
| | PR(05)46: New State Aid Guidelines on compensation for the provision of public services | | | It presently applies between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on the one side and the 25 Member States of the European Union on the other, forming together the 28 EEA States. | | | PR(05)45: New State Aid Guidelines for financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines departing from regional airports |
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| | European Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member StatesEuropean Union Member States | | | Norway is a member of the EEA.Switzerland is not.Six other countries, all former members of the 'eastern bloc', are expected to include the next new members of the Union, though this will probably be only after the year 2000. | | | Norway rejected accession by a narrow majority of 52% on November 28th 1995. |
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| | EREC also organised a series of workshops in the new Member States, as part of the market penetration strategy for Renewable Energy Sources both within the European Union and Member States. | | | The European Parliament has voted in favor of increased deployment of renewable energy sources and called for mandatory 20% targets by the year 2020. | | | Press Release on the voting of the European Parliament on renewable energy sources in the EU Brussels, 29 September 2005 |
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| | European Union - European Multimedia |
| | his is a collection of images of people, places, and events related to the European Union and its member states. |
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| | The European Union |
| | 4.10 The 'European Convention', the 2004 IGC, and the 'Constitution' | | | With respect to the previous editions, I have checked every entry either in the catalogue of the Library of Congress, that of Memorial University, or those of the publishers. | | | 2.4 What is the European Union and how to study it? |
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| | Euro Information |
| | The euro is the currency of twelve Member States of the European Union. | | | Information on UK Government policy on Economic and Monetary Union is available on the main Treasury web site. | | | This does not affect the application of any statutory provisions that may be relevant. |
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| | EUSA: European Union Studies Association |
| | Founded in 1988 (and formerly called the European Community Studies Association), EUSA now has almost 1000 members throughout North America, all EU member states, and on all continents, representing the social sciences, the humanities, business and law practitioners, news media, and governments on both sides of the Atlantic. | | | EUSA's State of the European Union, Volume 6 | | | The European Union Studies Association (EUSA) is the premier scholarly and professional association, worldwide, focusing on the European Union, the ongoing integration process, and transatlantic relations. |
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| | France 2002-03-01: EU Commission Directive Proposal Unacceptable |
| | The directive draft presented to the member states however does not clearly assess the risks which a legitimation of the practise of the EPO in the member states would bring, in comparison to the advantages. | | | Various studies and reports conducted in several member states have appeared rather unenthusiastic about such an evolution. | | | The french government has crticised the CEC/BSA Software Patentability Directive Proposal at the European Internal Market Council's meeting of 2002-02-28, in which commissioner Bolkestein explained this proposal to the patent policy representatives of the European Union's member states. |
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http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/france020301/index.en.html
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| | European Union Youth Orchestra |
| | The governments of the 25 member states of the European Union: | | | London SW1X 9SH, UK Phone: +44 20 7235 7671 |
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| | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union |
| | advocating member companies' commitment to Europe in a timely and effective manner to the institutions and governments of the European Union with respect to policy and legislative issues. | | | are drawn from a broad cross-section of the European business community and are typically based in most Member States of the EU. | | | This representation is directed primarily to those initiatives impacting trade between the US and Europe, investment by US companies in Europe, and the competitiveness of its members established in Europe; |
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| | Arena - Centre for European Studies |
| | ARENA - Center for European Studies, University of Oslo | | | Restructuring the European political space: The EU boundary setting and the restructuring of domestic politics | | | Exploring the role of National Regulatory Agencies in the EU |
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| | Wired News: European Patent Law Draws Fire |
| | Critics charge that a proposed patent law slated for vote in the European Parliament this month threatens software innovation in Europe as well as the region's burgeoning open-source movement. | | | For example, one application filed with the European Patent Office would give the patent holder the exclusive right to sell legal services online. | | | The Parliament member responsible for drafting the proposal, Arlene McCarthy, said the measure was necessary to protect Europe's fledgling software industry. |
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| | MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Doha: The European Union and its member states will carry ... |
| | Doha: The European Union and its member states will carry collectively their level of Official Development Aid (ODA) to 0.56 per cent of their Gross National Income (GNI), an additional annual amount of 20bn euro devoted to development, said Jean-Louis Schiltz, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action of Luxembourg yesterday. | | | However, he said: "let us,who have always been excluded join efforts to establish a just, equitable and sustainable world order and preserve the United Nations and make it serve the people". | | | Doha: The European Union and its member states will carry collectively their level of Official Development Aid (ODA) to 0.56 per cent of their Gross National |
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