open-shoulder lift position

closed-shoulder lift position

D. whereas the situation in Tunisia looks as it is moving forward and the preparation of the elections for a Constituent Assembly goes in the right direction, notably with the setting-up of an independent Electoral Commission while as regards Egypt the democratic transition encounters obstacles with some worrying developments such as the predominance of military tribunals on ordinary justice and arbitrary arrests; whereas in spite of the lifting of the state of emergency and planned constitutional reform in Algeria, steps must be taken by the authorities towards a genuine political and inclusive dialogue in order to adopt substantial democratic changes; whereas the constitutional reform in Morocco is to be welcomed as a ...[+++]positive first step to be followed up by deep democratic reforms,

Neither one nor the other stood up against the position of the United States on a preventive strike, leaving the way clear for the crime to be repeated.

An agreement of principle was reached at the Transport Council in December 2001. Following the agreement between Spain and the UK on Gibraltar, this obstacle now seems to have been removed, and it should be possible to adopt a common position. However, the anonymity of confidential information it still under discussion.

Obviously, in a perfect world, we could believe that the intellectuals motivated the government to change its stance somewhat, but I think that, in more practical terms, we can see that the combination of the issue of the prisoners in Guantánamo, President Bush's “axis of evil” declaration and the position of other world leaders has caused the Canadian government to step back somewhat from its initial position which was clearly and openly in support of the American position.