The minutes of the meeting of April 30, 2012 were approved for tabling.

90. Welcomes the appointment of the EUSR for the Sahel, and the strong human rights element in his mandate; expects the new EUSR to cooperate closely with the EUSR for Human Rights, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the human rights defenders and observers in the region; in promoting respect for human rights and international humanitarian law; calls for appropriate coordination between the EUSR for the Sahel with the EUSR for the Southern Mediterranean in particular, and with the EUSR for the Horn of Africa as well, given that crises in Africa bear strong regional imp ...[+++]lications, and they tend to have a spill-over effect and bear geostrategic considerations; urges the EU, in this connection, to invest itself in effectively coordinating all EU endeavours in Africa, especially crisis management and post-conflict efforts and, calls, therefore, on the VP/HR to ensure such coordination;

93. Welcomes the appointment of the EUSR for the Sahel, and the strong human rights element in his mandate; expects the new EUSR to cooperate closely with the EUSR for Human Rights, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the human rights defenders and observers in the region; in promoting respect for human rights and international humanitarian law; calls for appropriate coordination between the EUSR for the Sahel with the EUSR for the Southern Mediterranean in particular, and with the EUSR for the Horn of Africa as well, given that crises in Africa bear strong regional imp ...[+++]lications, and they tend to have a spill-over effect and bear geostrategic considerations; urges the EU, in this connection, to invest itself in effectively coordinating all EU endeavours in Africa, especially crisis management and post-conflict efforts and, calls, therefore, on the VP/HR to ensure such coordination;

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at its meeting of 8 October 2003 the Committee of the Regions' Bureau had agreed to draw up a work plan to improve the administration and management of the Committee of the Regions, involving three working parties which would submit a reform proposal to the Bureau for a decision in February 2004;

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