84. Stresses that high priority must be given to full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; calls on the Council to take initiatives to protect human rights defenders; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to organise training of their staff in delegations, embassies and consulates on the application of those guidelines; asks the Commission to consider making funds available to cover the expenses of such training; welcomes the fact that a handbook has been drawn up by the EU Dutch Presidency for the implementation of the guidelines; regrets, however, that Parliament has been denied accurate information concerning its content; ...[+++]calls on the Council and the Commission to raise the situation of human rights defenders systematically in all political dialogues; calls on the Commission to organise, on the level of its Delegations, information seminars on the guidelines with all relevant local NGOs; once again calls on the Council to inform Parliament about the implementation of those guidelines on the ground and to involve it fully in the process of evaluating them;

83. Stresses that high priority must be given to the full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; calls on the Council to take initiatives to protect human rights defenders; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to organise training of their staff in Delegations, Embassies and Consulates on the application of these guidelines; asks the Commission to consider making funds available to cover the expenses of such training; welcomes the elaboration of a handbook by the EU Netherlands Presidency for the implementation of the guidelines; regrets, however, that the Parliament has been denied accurate information of its content; calls on the Council and the Commission to raise the situation of human rights de ...[+++]fenders systematically in all political dialogues; calls on the Commission to organise on the level of EC Delegations information seminars on the guidelines with all relevant local NGOs; calls once more on the Council to inform the European Parliament about the implementation of these guidelines on the ground and to involve it fully in the process of evaluating them;

47. Welcomes the Commission's intention to support the active promotion of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, invites the Commission to swiftly implement contact points for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in all its delegations in third countries where EU-based companies operate – as provided for in the EU 2002 budget for Latin American, Asian and South African countries – , to ensure the presence of staff sufficiently trained in CSR matters, and to include the result of the work of those contact points in the regular reports of the Delegations to the EU institutions, including the EP; further calls on the Commission to implement the findings of its Conference held in May 2001 with regard to the OECD Guide ...[+++]lines, in particular to develop best practices amongst Member States (for example in relation to the conduct of National Contact Points); to convene meetings at EU level among NCPs with social partners and NGOs represented, to survey experience with the Guidelines among European companies, to coordinate European input to the OECD meetings on the Guidelines, and to assist candidate countries -both so they adhere to the Guidelines and to give support to new adherents like Estonia and Lithuania;

47. Welcomes the Commission's intention to support the active promotion of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, invites the Commission to swiftly implement contact points for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in all its delegations in third countries where EU-based companies operate – as provided for in the EU 2002 budget for Latin American, Asian and South African countries – , to ensure the presence of staff sufficiently trained in CSR matters, and to include the result of the work of those contact points in the regular reports of the Delegations to the EU institutions, including the EP; further calls on the Commission to implement the findings of its Conference held in May 2001 with regard to the OECD Guide ...[+++]lines, in particular to develop best practices amongst Member States (for example in relation to the conduct of National Contact Points); to convene meetings at EU level among NCPs with social partners and NGOs represented, to survey experience with the Guidelines among European companies, to coordinate European input to the OECD meetings on the Guidelines, and to assist candidate countries -both so they adhere to the Guidelines and to give support to new adherents like Estonia and Lithuania;

52. Welcomes the Commission's intention to support the active promotion of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, invites the Commission to swiftly implement contact points for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in all its delegations in third countries where EU based companies operate – as provided for in the EU 2002 budget for Latin American, Asian and South African countries – , to make sure the presence of staff sufficiently trained in CSR matters, and to include the result of the work of those contact points in the regular reports of the Delegations to the EU institutions, including the EP; further calls on the Commission to implement the findings of its Conference held in May 2001 with regard to the OECD Gu ...[+++]idelines, in particular to develop best practices amongst Member States (for example in relation to the conduct of National Contact Points); to convene meetings at the EU level among NCPs with social partners and NGOs represented, to survey experience with the Guidelines among European Companies, to co-ordinate European input to the OECD meetings on the Guidelines, and to assist accession countries -both so they adhere to the Guidelines and give support to new adherents like Estonia and Lithuania;

Hon Sheila Finestone (Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women), Lib.): I am informed by Status of Women Canada (SWC) as follows: The four week New York preparatory meeting for the World Conference on Women March 15 to April 7, 1995 was held concurrently with the regular session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (a) Cost to the federal government for participation at these meetings were as follows: Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women)-$973 Status of Women Canada (three officials)-$19,677 Foreign Affairs (one official)-$5,000 Canadian International Development Agency (one official)-$8,055 Non-gov ...[+++]ernmental organizations (two representatives)-$16,215* *Funded by Status of Women Canada Total Cost:-$49,920 (b) Representatives on the Canadian Delegation included: Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women); Status of Women Canada, Valérie Raymond, executive director, world conference secretariat; Status of Women Canada, Rhonda Ferderber, director, external relations and communications; Status of Women Canada, Sheila Regehr, senior policy analyst; Foreign Affairs, Adèle Dion, co-ordinator, international women's equality; Canadian International Development Agency, Diana Rivington, senior policy adviser, women in development directorate; NGOs, Madeleine Gilchrist and Gulzar Samji; and two representatives of the government of Quebec, costs covered by the government of Quebec.