The EU – U.S – Russia negotiating Troika brought together the delegations from Belgrade and Pristina to discuss Kosovo’s status in Baden (Austria). The three day conference marks the end of Troika-sponsored face to face negotiations.
DI - 27/11/2007
This year edition of the HDReport is focused on climate change and how it will create long-run low human development traps, pushing vulnerable people into a downward spiral of deprivation. The failure to respond to this challenge will stall and then reverse international efforts to reduce poverty. Also, there is useful information of the 2007/2008 Human Development Index rankings.
DI - 21/11/2007
The ministers of foreign affairs of the 9th Euro-Mediterranean Partnership –held on 5 and 6 November 2007 in Lisbon (Portugal)- reaffirm their commitment to pursue their efforts to realise the Barcelona Declaration objectives: to establish a common area of peace and stability, to create an area of shared prosperity and to develop a partnership in social, cultural and human affairs.
DI - 21/11/2007
The European Defence Agency (EDA) approved this framework for a European Defence Research & Technology strategy (EDRT) strategy on 19 November.
DI - 20/11/2007
This is the full text of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) amended and adopted at the 17th CPC National Congress on 21 October 2007.
DI - 20/11/2007
The 2007 edition highlights the importance of advancing toward a social pact to overcome poverty and promote social cohesion as priority issues for public expenditure. It also provides the latest poverty estimates available for the region: 36.5% of Latin America's population (195 million people) were poor and 13.4% (71 million) were extremely poor.
DI - 20/11/2007
The aim of this report –published on November 2007- is to set out the main cultural statistics comparable at European level. Selected tables and graphs describe different areas of the cultural field for the 27 EU Member States, the candidate countries and the EFTA countries.
DI - 19/11/2007
The Latinobarómetro poll of political and social attitudes in 18 Latin American countries surveys development of democracies, economies and societies applying attitudinal, opinion, and behavioral indicators (in Spanish).
DI - 14/11/2007
To boost growth and employment, over a third of the EU's total budget for 2006 (€106.6bn) was spent on improving knowledge-based competitiveness – 19% more than in 2005.
DI - 12/11/2007
The ninth edition of the Landmine Monitor reports on the global landmine situation and scrutinizes the implementation of and compliance with the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. According to this, many states are not on course to meet their Mine Ban Treaty mine clearance obligations.
DI - 8/11/2007
Adopted by the European Commission on 23 October, this paper is seen as a first step in a lengthy legislative process to give more powers to Eurojust, the EU’s judicial body in the fight against cross-border organised crime. A concrete legislative proposal will be put forward in 2008.
DI - 5/11/2007
Reducing oil dependency is a goal shared by the United States and many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region composed primarily of energy-importing countries. In the region, Brazil stands out as an example of a country that has become a net exporter of energy, partially by increasing its production and use of sugar-based ethanol.
DI - 5/11/2007
Speech by Britain´s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, of 25 July 2007 on security and international terrorism-related affairs in the UK. Brown affirmed that the Government´s priority is "a Britain strong in security, robust in our resolve, resilient in response".
