21. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a holistic approach to tackling sustainable growth towards the EU2020 objectives, which should include completing the internal market, increasing competition, a genuine European industrial policy, a robust and adequately targeted cohesion policy and the guarantee that Europe will use all its strength and influence in its external trade relations; calls on the Commission to fully exploit the sources of growth stemming from the attraction of FDI [foreign direct investment] and trade with third countries namely through deepening and expanding the Transatlantic economic relationship; such an ...[+++] agenda should encompass the related goals of renewing and opening the Transatlantic market, strengthening the ground rules of the international economic order, and extending the rule-based multilateral system to include new members and new areas of economic opportunities; calls also on the Commission to speed up the conclusion of ongoing free trade agreements;

Canada has an opportunity to be a real leader internationally on global health issues by investing an initial commitment of $10 million to $15 million in the Global Sanitation Fund, a multilateral fund that supports community-driven sanitation and handwashing programs in the poorest communities around the world.

Canada has an opportunity to be a real leader internationally on child health issues by investing an initial funding commitment of $10 million to $15 million to the global sanitation fund, a multilateral fund that supports community driven sanitation and handwashing programs in the poorest communities around the world.

It is in the interests of all countries, developed and advanced developing, to commit funds multilaterally to ensure that the appropriate investments are made in trade-related infrastructure to allow the poorest countries to trade their way out of poverty.

In order to create such a climate, it is necessary to strengthen the multilateral framework provided by the WTO, which is based on the recognition of common rules.

Environment Within the framework of the procedure for co-operation with the European Parliament the Council formally adopted common positions on the proposals for Directives on - integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) following the agreement reached on matters of substance at the Council meeting on the Environment on 22 and 23 June 1995 (see Press Release 8131/95 (Presse 192)); - the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT) following the agreement reached on matters of substance at the Council meeting on the Environment on 15 and 16 December 1994 and after consultation of the European Parliament on the legal basis (see Press Release 11870/94 (Presse 273)). OECD - ...[+++]Multilateral Agreement on Investment The Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, agreed on the guidelines to be followed with a view to participation by the Community and the Member States in the negotiations, within the OECD, for a multilateral agreement on investment.