In order to improve the ability of the EU to prevent, respond to and recover from a biological incident or deliberate criminal activity, the coherence of actions in different policy sectors requires that all relevant stakeholders in Member States and at EU level be consulted e.g. national authorities responsible for risk prevention and response, public health (i.e human, animal and plant health), customs, civil protection, law enforcement authorities, the military, bio-industry, epidemiological and health communities, academic institu ...[+++]tions and bioresearch institutes.

measures required in instances where the victims of crime are minors, to ensure that sanctions are imposed on those responsible for the publication of information concerning privacy, either in the form of financial compensation to the victims or by withdrawing authorisation to pursue their profession (in the case of natural persons) or by withdrawing media operating licences;

Q-33 Mr. Duncan (Vancouver Island North) With respect to non-Canadian visitors (not immigrants) for each of the last five calendar years (broken down by citizenship or nationality): (a) how many visitors entered Canada; (b) how many visitors were issued visitor's visas pursuant to section 9 of the Immigration Act of Canada; (c) how many of those visitor's visas were issued to visitors who had criminal records (broken down by summary conviction and indictable offences); (d) how many visitor's visas were denied and of those how many were denied on the basis of the applicant having a criminal record (broken down by summary conviction and ...[+++] indictable offences); (e) how many visitors who had criminal records (broken down by summary conviction and indictable offences) were knowingly permitted and denied entry under the immigration officer's discretion pursuant to section 19(3) of the Immigration Act of Canada?

. Calls on the UN as well as on the UNMIK to give KFOR troops in Kosovo effective empowerment to protect the civilian population from racist acts and other criminal acts perpetrated by paramilitary troops;

B. whereas even today extremist and fundamentalist tendencies - both religious and secular - drive thousands of men and women throughout the world to commit acts of intolerance which even go so far as war, terrorism, assassination and or other criminal acts against civilians,

Your Committee is also aware that under Canadian law, existing civil remedies enable victims of a crime to seek injunctive relief, or redress in the form of damages, should a convicted person attempt to or actually publish a work recounting that crime.