92. Regrets the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council of its resolution A/HRC/RES/21/3 on traditional values, undermining the principle of universal and indivisible human rights, and commends the EU’s opposition to it; regrets the absence of follow-up to resolution A/HRC/RES/17/19 on ‘Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity’, and calls on the group of states working on this issue, including South Africa, to follow up on this resolution as soon as possible; comme ...[+++]nds the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by LGBTI persons, notably through statements, reports, and the new Free and Equal campaign; calls on the UN High Commissioner to continue this work, and voice strong concern regarding so-called ’anti-propaganda’ laws limiting freedom of expression and assembly;

On 10-11 November 2005 the EESC held a seminar on “the contribution of organised civil society to the work of the WTO: in search of better governance”. This seminar brought together around 200 representatives of organised civil society from countries of the North and South: the EU, Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific, Asia and Latin America, and also from different socio-professional groups.

9. Reaffirms the principle that the parliamentary nature of the JPA implies that states should be represented exclusively by democratically elected parliamentarians and that, from this viewpoint, voting by non-parliamentarians must be considered as an exceptional and transitional measure, subject to approval by the JPA; notes that the Working Group on the Rules of Procedure has drawn up a draft compromise meeting this concern and insists that it should be considered by the JPA at its forthcoming session in South Africa ...[+++];

For a number of years we have worked with South African groups disadvantaged by apartheid to lay the basis for their involvement in their country's affairs (1115 ) CIDA has extended its special South Africa fund.

Such activities constitute the JRC's own contribution to the major common policies: agriculture (remote- sensing applications in agriculture), environment (atmospheric pollution, water quality, major accidents), development aid (remote sensing in the coastal regions of north-west Africa and the Sahara), industry (development of building codes), energy (nuclear safeguards, energy conservation, alternative energy sources), regional policy, etc.; 2. work performed under contract for outside bodies and organizations: operation of a facil ...[+++]ity or work on coooperative projects under contracts concluded with a Member State or group of Member States; participation in Eureka projects, performance of research work or provision of services in the context of an industrial club in which the industrial partners have to pay an enrolment fee and annual subscriptions; provision of scientific or technical services for payment, etc.

5. In the period leading up to the definitive adoption of that Regulation, the Community and its Member States agree on the following: (i) Measures to be carried out under the EPRD will be mainly in the following fields: education and training, health, urban and rural development, support for the private sector, in particular SMEs, and for regional integration, strengthening of institutions (including support for the public service) and organisation of local communities, democratisation and defence of human rights (ii) The procedures for implementing the EPRD will be as follows; dialogue with the new government on sectoral and geographical priorities, in the framework of a structured approach to development; maintenance of diversified coo ...[+++]peration coordinated by the South African government, also involving provincial and local public administrations and agencies, NGOs and local communities, international organizations, institutes and private operators, and calls for local contributions and co-financing to implement measures; simplification and gradual alignment of procedures for allocating resources and implementing the EPRD on those of other European Union development programmes (iii) The Commission will in the meantime continue to submit its financing proposals to the Group of Experts from the Member States responsible for implementing the Community's Special Programme for South Africa.