We welcome many of the Commission's initiatives, but feel that even more could be done.

The international community can help the Arab governments to launch and sustain such initiatives in several ways.

So the Community must do all in its power to comply with the developing countries' requests. It is therefore of vital importance to expand markets.

In addition the Community actively supported all peace initiatives intended to ease the present situation.

As a Socialist I am deeply concerned that socialist or other progressive governments should not be forced into carrying out deflationary policies without any control over the situation.

6. Welcomes the initiatives of Member States in assisting in the cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community

Alas, it is by no means unheard of for people, as amiable as they often are, to stray from the path of virtue when they are put in charge of other people's money.

Moreover, in these same weeks to come and in this same context which we can call the CSCE or panEuropean context the Community as such will have to enter into the negotiations with EFTA which, as we are now quite clear, is important not only in economic and commercial terms but also in political terms, with a view to completing or promoting panEuropean integration at least in Western Europe.

All the evidence therefore shows that, for the moment, there is no Europe capable of offering an alternative to the decisive driving role performed by the United States, whose courage and determination are to be saluted. And we should not forget the judicious use of preventive action, Mr President.

Finally, what would be desirable would be for the Genoa and Seville initiatives to be closely linked, and it is the role of the Community to guarantee that link.

The Commission is therefore ready to look at the manner and the extent of any support which the Community could give to new initiatives by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to strengthen pan European cooperation on the environment while ensuring that any such initiatives complement actions undertaken by the Community.

The hostages must be freed and Iraqi troops must be withdrawn from Kuwait before there can be anay negotiation.

The end is the withdrawal of Iraqi troops and the restoration of the Kuwaiti government, and in this context it necessary to keep other options open, as Bush and Gorbachev have done and as, happily, our resolution also does.

The number of Chinese initiatives is staggering.

With the world preparing to establish the specific targets that will guide global development efforts for the next 15 years, the time to change that is now.

But a very simple analysis shows that it is precisely in those regions that there is least evidence of European Community initiatives.

The excuses proffered by the President of the Council Mr Andreotti for the Community's essential non participation in the decisions and initiatives concerning the Persian Gulf crisis, leave me unpersuaded.

I shall be voting in favour of the report since I fully support both its from and its content, and my only criticism would be of the proposed dates for the changes.

Quick impact initiatives

Council ( of the European Union ) is made up of representatives of the governments of the Member States , normally the Ministers responsible for the matters under consideration ( therefore often referred to as the Council of Ministers ) .

There arc two questions the first of these, the question of the Community's response in terms of initiatives for supporting the international competitiveness of the sector, is a question of the effectiveness of the research and technological develop ment policies. It is the more general question of an industrial policy in the Community and of the Community.

Dr Caroline Jackson, who cannot be with us tonight, has asked me specifically to refer to the question of labelling.

The cultural overshadowing of the Member States will not be remedied without a Community commitment which is capable of guaranteeing European choices and solutions.

8. Welcomes the initiatives of Member States in assisting in the cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community, and encourages their continuing efforts

9. Welcomes the initiatives of Member States in assisting in the cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community, and encourages their continuing efforts

6. Emphasizes the importance of the steps taken by the International Organization of la Francophonie during the past two years to promote dialogue between cultures and civilizations

Specific initiatives in the fight against poverty

Will the Council outline its position on the development of new initiatives in the area of rural policy and to what extent does it consider German reunification will impose additional demands on the Community's rural policy ?

Welcoming the launch of the Alliance of Civilizations initiative, intended to respond to the need for a committed effort by the international community, in order to promote mutual respect and understanding among different cultures and societies,

15. Acknowledges contributions of the regional consultative initiatives, including conferences of ministers in the area of human settlements, for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, and invites the international community to continue to support such efforts and the implementation of the outcomes of those initiatives

9. Invites the United Nations and the international community to coordinate their efforts to assist the Central African States in establishing demobilization, disarmament and reintegration programmes

9. Calls upon the United Nations system and the international community to strengthen South South cooperation initiatives, as well as subregional and regional cooperation, in the field of science and technology

Assessment of the impact of voluntary initiatives

10. Requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to strengthen the rapid response capacities of the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief, building on existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

13. Requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to strengthen the rapid response capacities of the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief, building on existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

17. Requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to strengthen the rapid response capacities of the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief, building on existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

The current proposal refers to the first of the two steps .

8. Urges the international community to continue to support the efforts of Malawi to fight the HIV AIDS pandemic, poverty and malnutrition in order to increase its capacity to cope during natural disasters

Aside from finer methodological considerations, all local players are agreed that partnership is a key to getting development schemes off the ground.

Emphasizing the need to foster consensual approaches that are conducive to the pursuit of such endeavours,

4. Expresses its gratitude to the International Organization of la Francophonie for the steps it has taken in recent years to promote dialogue between cultures and civilizations

2. Welcomes the efforts of the Government of Ethiopia, the international community and civil society, including non governmental organizations, to strengthen mechanisms already in place to respond to such emergency situations

These initiatives are welcome .

We will meet new inter religious projects.

11. Also emphasizes the fact that initiatives by the international community with respect to international cooperation and assistance remain essential and complementary to national implementation efforts, as well as to those at the regional and global levels