Just last week, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and the Minister of National Defence were in Halifax announcing $18.3 million for the Halifax Central Library.

b) Announcement by the National Central Banks through national wire services and directly to individual counterparties (if deemed necessary)

In addition, National Central Banks may announce the tender operation directly to counterparties without access to wire services.

In a quick tender, regardless of whether it is announced publicly or not, the selected counterparties are contacted directly by the National Central Banks.

18.2. The ECB shall establish general principles for open market and credit operations carried out by itself or the national central banks, including for the announcement of conditions under which they stand ready to enter into such transactions.

The salient points on the social side concerned the contexts of: employment, where -the priority given in national policies to the creation of jobs and on the role of employment as an essential factor of integration were stressed; -the summit also gave prominence to the promotion of the fundamental rights and interests of workers through respect of the ILO Conventions on the banning of forced and child labour, the freedom of workers to organise and bargain collectively and the principle of non-discrimination; -in addition, the countries represented were urged to encourage the establishment of employer/employee relations in their nation ...[+++]al legislations; poverty, for which: - the structural causes were recognised along with the need for a multi- dimensional approach involving the poor themselves; - a commitment was received from all the countries to announce as soon as possible national plans to reduce all forms of poverty and to eradicate absolute poverty; prevention of exclusion, for which: - the role and importance of society in general in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of social policy were acknowledged; - the need for access for everyone to basic social services such as health care and education was recognised; equal opportunities for men and women, where: - the role and importance of the involvement of women in social, political, cultural and economic life were highlighted as part of the lead-up to the fourth World Women's Conference in Beijing; human rights, where: - respect for all human rights and for democracy as essential elements in development were explicitly and unequivocally acknowledged.