Eight thematic partnerships ensure the operational follow-up: Peace and security , Democratic governance and human rights, Trade, regional integration and infrastructure, Millennium development goals (MDGs), Energy, Climate change, Migration, mobility and employment, Science, information society and space.

The Agency is authorised to conduct the investigations required in order to issue the relevant certificates and ensure continued safety oversight.

[English] Mr. Bruce Archibald: A number of initiatives have been undertaken through the agricultural policy framework: the development of systems for tracking and tracing, which we know now in the current issue around BSE is critically important; the development of technologies so that through DNA testing we can actually be able to verify the movement of animals in the food system, to be able to, not just through paper records but also through very advanced science techniques, look at the tracking and tracing systems; to audit it, verify it, and give those types of assurances to the public and to our various markets in the world that w ...[+++]e have a system that gives a high level of assurance in terms of safety and the protection of human health.

1. Without prejudice to international law and with a view to preventing or mitigating any significant threat to maritime safety, the safety of individuals or the environment, Member States shall monitor and take all appropriate measures to ensure that the master of a ship sailing within their search and rescue region/exclusive economic zone or equivalent, immediately reports to the coastal station responsible for that geographical area:

2. In this context the Council: - reaffirms the strategic importance of a strong GCC regional group capable of playing a progressively more important role in the economic, political and security spheres. - recognizes the role that the GCC countries can play in support of the EU's global strategy for strengthening relations with its partners, and in particular with the Mediterranean and Middle East area; - emphasizing its commitment to follow up and implement successfully the conclusions and recommendations of the Granada Troika Ministerial Meeting, reaffirms the need for strong, mutually beneficial EU-GCC relations; - agrees to reinfor ...[+++]ce EU-GCC ministerial political cooperation by holding regular meetings at senior official level to discuss all aspects of a bilateral, regional and international political and security issues of common interest, including regional security, the Middle East peace process, the prevention of terrorism, and human rights.

Further, the Committee recommended that an appeal from a reasonableness decision be allowed,(25) that Canada enact an express prohibition against deportation under a security certificate if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person will be subject to torture,(26) and that Canada not remove an individual to a country where torture is possible on the basis of a diplomatic assurance that the individual will not be tortured, unless there is an effective means of monitoring the individual’s situation after his or her return (27) Two additional recommendations called for Canada to show leadership in engaging the United N ...[+++]ations on issues of how to properly deal with alleged or known terrorists who either pose a threat to the international community, or who are subject to indefinite detention without the prospect of proceedings being brought against them (28)