The 2010 Europol Terrorism Situation and Trend report indicates that many terrorist or extremist organisations are supported by active youth branches which are of particular concern to some Member States as potential vectors for radicalisation and recruitment.

The report reviews the geographical distribution of these ticks, including the current situation in the UK, Ireland and Malta, and their role as vectors for disease agents that can be responsible for important exotic diseases with potential zoonotic impacts.

While we see women as both perpetrators and victims, we also see solutions, and it is most important that we should recognise that women are often among the first victims of conflicts between states or within them, since they are among the weakest members of society, yet, paradoxically, they find themselves playing the role of the strongest in coping with conflict situations.

The 2010 Europol Terrorism Situation and Trend report indicates that many terrorist or extremist organisations are supported by active youth branches which are of particular concern to some Member States as potential vectors for radicalisation and recruitment.

(8) With the enlargement of the Community and different environmental effects on vectors transmitting some of the above diseases, the situation in the Community in relation to these diseases is susceptible to change.

19. Welcomes the signature of the Political Parties" Law by President Karzai on 12 October 2003; welcomes, too, the provision whereby a party may not have an armed wing; believes that it is important that the provision whereby political parties will not be able to receive foreign funding should not prevent the international community in general and the EU in particular from supporting the development of a pluralistic party system; notes that, while the UN will doubtless play a major role in the logistical preparations for the elections, EU support for civil society could be a potential vehicle for promoting civic education, taking into account the special situation and needs ...[+++] of women; recalls and endorses the Commission's proposal for an EU Observation Mission to the Afghan elections;