Given that many AIDS patients in the southern hemisphere have already developed resistance to the first-generation drugs they have been treated with, it is essential to find ways of making the latest treatments available in generic form in low-income countries.

In the context of the Doha Agenda for Development, ensuring a better integration of developing countries into the world economy, in particular through improved access to the markets of developed countries, remains the top priority of Community trade relations.

12. Stresses the need for further promotion of the production and use of first and second generation biofuels as alternative energy sources; underlines the very important role of the development of first generation biofuel crops for the future of European farmers who have been affected by the CAP and Sugar CMO reform; stresses that production should not negatively impact food production or lead to deforestation; insists on measures to ensure sustainability throughout the whole production cycle; calls on the Commission to pursue a WTO-compatible, sustainability certification scheme for all biofuels;

IS ENCOURAGED by the positive, forward-looking contributions made in discussions on future action to tackle climate change at the UNFCCC Seminar of Governmental Experts in May 2005; WELCOMES the commitment of the G8 countries to moving forward the global discussion on long-term co-operative action to address climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Montreal in December 2005. RECOGNISES that Article 3(9) of the Kyoto Protocol provides that the first Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol shall initiate the consideration of further commitments to be undertaken by developed countries at least seven years before the end of the first commitment period; and STRESSES that the COP/MOP should t ...[+++]herefore initiate such considerations at its first meeting in December 2005 in Montreal; RECALLS also that Article 9 provides for a first review of the Kyoto Protocol at the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, and that this review is to be coordinated with pertinent reviews under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In preparing for COP 11 - COP/MOP 1, LOOKS FORWARD to initiating a process among all Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to explore how further to implement this Convention to achieve its ultimate objective by developing a post 2012 arrangement, building on the experiences to date in tackling climate change, including inter alia market-based instruments, focusing in particular on environmental effectiveness, improving cost-efficiency, broadening participation in line with common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, advancing development goals in a sustainable manner, building a global carbon market, exploiting the full potential of existing technologies and exploring new ones as well as tackling adaptation; and STRESSES the need for a clear timetable for such a process, ...

19. Contests the US administration’s arguments and stresses that the Kyoto Protocol must be perceived as part of a global sustainable development strategy which in no way contradicts economic development and employment; sustainable development strategies create quality jobs; more rational use of natural resources guarantees economic growth in the medium and long term; furthermore, sustainable development is a matter of solidarity between generations and between developed and developing countries ...[+++]; in particular, developed countries have an important responsibility and must play a leading role in the effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;

75. Stresses the importance of strong commitment on the part both of the candidate countries and of the EU in the field of environment and nuclear safety; recalls that nuclear power reactors of first generation Soviet design are considered as 'high risk' for Europe in general; urges the candidate countries to fulfil their obligations concerning their closure; is of the opinion that these nuclear reactors should be closed down at the latest by the time of accession; supports the Commission's plan for EU funding for scientific and t ...[+++]echnical cooperation to assist with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities; acknowledges the need to provide social support for displaced workers; calls on international financial institutions as the EIB and the EBRD to provide multi-lateral strategic investment and bilateral financial assistance in the realisation of energy saving projects and the development of renewable energy sources in the candidate countries;