S. whereas Arab Bedouins are an indigenous people leading a sedentary and traditionally agricultural life on their ancestral lands and are seeking formal and permanent recognition of their unique situation and status; whereas Arab Bedouins, threatened by Israeli policies undermining their livelihoods and including forced transfer, are a particularly vulnerable population both in the occupied Palestinian Territory and in the Negev (Naqab; whereas the Israeli army decided to start the issuing of demolition orders against the Jahalin community (2300 people, 2/3 of whom are children) in the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc possibly leading to ...[+++] the destruction of more than 90 per cent of homes and other structures, including two schools in Khan al-Ahmar and in Wadi Abu Hindi, that serve around 200 Jahalin children, thus so effectively cutting them off from the education system; whereas the Israeli plan is to delocalize the community to an area only 300 meters away from the rubbish dump near the Palestinian town of Abu Dis;

Encouraging optimisation of various modes of transport by improving urban scheduling

14. Points out that cycling and other non-motorised modes of transport, particularly in cities, save on energy and space, are noise-free, CO2 release free, do not cause air pollution, and are very effective in combating obesity and diseases linked to a lack of physical activity; stresses also the need to promote those alternative methods of transport by creating special, appropriate zones, such as cycling lanes and pedestrian-friendly areas as well as the need to promote pedestrian mobility and cycling in travel awareness campaigns and travel plans and the distribution of maps with area networks and existing bicycle routes;

(2) The framework programme is structured in three main blocks of activities, "Focusing and integrating Community research", "Structuring the European Research Area", and "Strengthening the foundations of the European Research Area", the first and the third of which, as regards indirect actions, should be implemented by this specific programme.

(2) The framework programme is structured in three main blocks of activities, "focusing and integrating Community research", "structuring the European Research Area" and "strengthening the foundations of the European Research Area", the second of which should be implemented by this specific programme.

I should like, furthermore, to echo Mr van Velzen’s praise of the initiative that has been taken – which qualifies as historic – to table en bloc the amendments adopted en bloc at the May part-session, which, if adopted, will be incorporated into the text as described in the statements issued by the Commission and the Council when the framework programme was adopted.