Senator Atkins is active in the Canadian Diabetes Association; Senator Bacon with OXFAM Quebec; Senator Champagne with L'Institut québécois du cinéma and l'Union des artistes; Senator Callbeck with Camp Abbey and the P.E.I. Business Women's Association; Senator Carstairs is involved with the Kinsmen, UNICEF, the mentally handicapped and, of course, palliative care; Senator Cook with the Pottle Centre, a non-profit societal centre for mental health; Senator Cools is involved with organizations that help battered women and families troubled by domestic violence; Senator Cordy in the Phoenix House, a shelter for homeless youth in Me ...[+++]tro Halifax; Senator Fairbairn with Friends of the Paralympics, a group she founded to raise money for the Canadian Paralympic Committee and, of course, her support for many literacy groups; Senator Fox's interest in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Tennis Canada; Senator Kinsella, the Speaker, is interested in human rights and international justice; Senator Di Nino in the Distress Centre of Toronto and Crime Stoppers; Senator Furey for Boy Scouts of Canada; Senator Hays for the Calgary District Foundation, as well as the Calgary YMCA; Senator Jaffer has interests in the YWCA; Senator Lapointe in the Jean Lapointe Foundation, which fights alcoholism and other addictions in Quebec; Senator LeBreton for her interest in health and mental health issues and, of course, an organization that we all support that is very close to Senator LeBreton, which is Mothers Against Drunk Driving; Senator Merchant and her support of Canadian Parents for French and her interest in immigrant women, particularly in the Greek community; Senator Nancy Ruth for her interest in LEAF, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund; Senator Angus for his interest in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Homes Foundation, a Montreal residence for senior citizens; Senator Munson's interest in Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa and the Paralympics and, of course, autism ...

74. Welcomes the strengthening of the political and strategic association between Europe and Latin America, and calls for it to be given practical shape in the form of a Euro-Latin America Charter for Peace which, by analogy with the Charter of the United Nations, would enable political, strategic and security proposals of interest to the two regions to be fleshed out; points out that security and defence cooperation between the Member States of the European Union and the ...[+++] countries of Latin America could cover such issues as str engthen ing international peacekeeping and security efforts, arms control, nuclear non-proliferation, military and technical cooperation in respect of the arms industry and control of arms exports, questions concerning security, the economy, development and the environment, and many other matters concerning common security and defence interests;

The Greek religious world, the Academy of Athens, the Archaeological Society, the Greek section of ICOMOS (an international organisation), the PEA association (the Greek Union of Architects), the opposition parties, the Athens municipal council and a great many European environmental organisations and scientists are united in opposing the location ...[+++] of the rowing and canoeing centre and other facilities required for the 2004 Olympic Games in the Marathon-Schinias area for the following reasons:

Born in 1948; graduated in law from the Free University, Berlin (1970); awarded doctorate in constitutional and administrative law at Hamburg University (1973); Assistant Professor at Hamburg University (1972-77); Professor of Public Law at Bielefeld University (1978); Professor of Public Law at the University of Thessaloniki (1982); Minister of Internal Affairs (1989 and 1996); Member of the Administrative Board of the University of Crete (1983-87); Director of the Centre for International and European Economic Law, Thessalon ...[+++]iki (from 1997); President of the Greek Association for European Law (1992-94); Member of the Greek National Research Committee (1993-95); Member of the Higher Selection Board for Greek Civil Servants (1994-96); Member of the Academic Council of the Academy of European Law, Trier (from 1995); Member of the Administrative Board of the Greek National Judges' College (1995-96); Member of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1997-99); President of the Greek Economic and Social Council in 1998; Judge at the Court of Justice since 8 June 1999.

At international level, meetings will be held with the candidate countries, the USA, Russia and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN); and, as far as Latin America is concerned, meetings will be held in preparation for the event to be held during the Greek Presidency.

At the summit of the Americas, the Minister for International Trade, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for International Cooperation and the Secretary of State for Latin America and Africa were joined by high level representatives from 20 countries and 5 international institutions to meet with more than 60 representatives of civil society networks, groups and associations ...[+++].