5. Is concerned about the state of relations with Serbia and underlines that good-neighbourly relations are an essential criterion for the aspirations of Serbia as well as of Kosovo and all the other countries in the region to join the EU; while understanding the emotional implications of the aftermath of the 1999 war and understanding that the official recognition of Kosovo is not a feasible political option at the moment for the Belgrade leadership, nevertheless calls on Serbia to be pragmatic on the status issue; to this end, welcomes the signing of the police protocol with EULEX and calls for increased cooperation with the mission; moreover, calls on Serbia to refrain from blocking Kosovo's membership of ...[+++]international organisations and in particular its recent application to join the World Health Organisation; underlines that the conflict also affects regional trade and cooperation under the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), harming the economies of the countries in the region; calls on all sides to show a pragmatic approach to allow Kosovo's regional integration; underlines in this regard that the expected advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo should not hinder all parties involved from clearly committing themselves to effective cross-border, regional and local cooperation in the best interests of the whole population in and around Kosovo;

The petitioners are concerned that the free trade agreement with Colombia will proceed despite a report from the parliamentary Standing Committee on International Trade, which calls for an independent human rights impact assessment because the human rights violations, including those against trade unionists and communities living in areas of economic interest, are widespread and serious according to Amnesty International.

39. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the governments and parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, the Chairman-in-office of the OSCE, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the secretariat of the Regional Cooperation Council, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the secretari ...[+++]at of the Central European Free Trade Agreement.

40. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the governments and parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, the Chairman-in-office of the OSCE, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the secretariat of the Regional Cooperation Council, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the secretari ...[+++]at of the Central European Free Trade Agreement.

Born in 1955; graduate in law (University of Thessaloniki, 1977); special diploma in European law (Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels, 1980); doctorate in law (University of Thessaloniki, 1984); lawyer linguist at the Council of the European Communities (1980 to 1982); researcher at the Thessaloniki Centre for International and European Economic Law (1982 to 1984); Administrator at the Court of Justice of the European Communities and at the Commission of the European Communities (1986 to 1990); professor of Community law, international private l ...[+++]aw and human rights at Athens Panteion University (since 1990); external consultant for European matters at the Ministry of Justice and member of the Permanent Committee of the Lugano Convention (1991 to 2004); member of the national Postal and Telecommunications Commission (2000 to 2002); member of the Thessaloniki Bar, lawyer to the Court of Cassation; founder member of the Union of European Lawyers (UAE); associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.

– (ES) Mr President, Mr President–in–Office of the Council, Commissioner, half a year after the operation carried out by the Castro Government against internal dissidents – the most significant since the triumph of the Castro revolution – more than 70 internal dissidents – including promoters of the Varela Project, trade unionists and independent journalists – imprisoned for the sole crime of dissenting from official policy and freely expressing their opinion, remain in prison in conditions which, furthermore, clearly violate the most fundamental principles of humanitarian law and which genuinely threaten the ...[+++]lives of some of them.