International Cotton Advisory Committee | ICAC [Abbr.]

International Cotton Advisory Committee

International Advisory Panel | International Advisory Panel on Ukraine | IAP [Abbr.]

ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector [ ITU-T | Consultative Committee on International Telephones and Telegraphy | International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee | International Telephone Consultative Committee | International Telegraph Consultative Committee ]

International Long-Distance Telephonic Consultative Committee [ CCI | International Consultative Committee on Long Distance ]

International Radio Consultative Committee | CCIR [Abbr.]

– having regard to the outcome of the 71st plenary meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) held from 7 to 11 October 2012,

Welcome to Mr. Mitchell Garber, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Brahm M. Gelfand, Member, International Advisory Committee, and Mr. Norman Inkster, Member, International Advisory Committee.

16. Notes that, from June 2010 until April 2011, the Executive Director of the Agency was a trustee and a member of the International Advisory Board of Earthwatch - an international environmental charity engaging people in scientific field research and education - and was reported to be a member of the European Advisory Board of Worldwatch Europe; acknowledges that, in accordance with the Executive Director's statement, she stepped down from her positions in Earthwatch in April 2011 following advice from the President of the Court of Auditors in the context of a possible conflict of interests;

7. In order to fully accomplish the high standards of human rights set out in the Trade Agreement, to which both the Andean governments and the European Union are committed, suggests that the parties involved swiftly establish a dedicated domestic advisory group (DAG) on human rights and democratic principles, which should accompany and monitor the implementation of this or other Trade Agreements and work as an effective internal consultation body to the domestic offices that participate in the Committee on Trade ...[+++]of the Trade Agreement, using as a model for its operation the legal framework envisaged in the Trade Agreement for the participation of civil society in the Subcommittee on Trade and Sustainable Development; calls on the parties to the Trade Agreement to guarantee these DAGs the same level of binding involvement for civil society as in the Free Trade Agreement with South Korea, including a formalised and institutionalised complaint mechanism; calls on the parties, furthermore, to ensure the full independence of the DAGs, including as regards their own choice of members of the DAGs;