34. Asks for further clarification of the proposed lengthening of the duration of general education as an admission requirement for nurse and midwife training;

– having regard to the Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 11 October 2004 expressing grave concern over the plight of the imprisoned medical personnel, its decision to provide assistance to the Libyan health services, the EU Presidency Statement of 19 December 2006 on the decision of the Criminal Court in Libya sentencing to death five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's statement on the Libyan Court verdict also of 19 December 2006 on the Benghazi case, and the statements by the President of the European Parliament of 30 November 2006 and 20 December 2006,

M. whereas the fourth edition of the EU guidelines (2006) recommends deployment of two breast care nurses per breast unit , but whereas there is as yet no generally recognised training profile for this profession,

Otherwise, those who do not want to upgrade their training can still migrate under the general system (currently Directive 92/51/EEC; Articles 10 to 15 of the proposed Directive once adopted) as health assistants or as nurses or midwives under Article 43 of the EC Treaty as interpreted by the European Court of Justice (Vlassopoulou/Dreessen, C-340/89, C-31/00).

theme, ``Your Families' Health-Nurses Make the Difference'', will allow us to focus on the valuable contribution nurses make to the overall health of Canadians.

If we look, for example, at one section of the health care labour force - and I will use the term " nursing," small " n," and incorporate not only registered nurses but LPNs into that category.