Ministerial Regional Conference on Security, Disarmament and Development in Africa [ Ministerial Regional Conference ]

Regional Ministerial Conference on Women in Development

Regional Ministerial Conference on Women in Development

Regional Ministerial Conference in Preparation for the World Summit on Social Development

European Ministerial Conference on Equality between Men and Women | European Ministerial Conference on Equality between Women and Men

European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy

Eureka [ Eureka charter | Eureka ministerial conference | Eureka programme | Eureka project | European Research Coordination Agency ]

Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe | Forest Europe

Conference of European ministers responsible for local and regional government

7. Calls upon all WTO members for speedy ratification and implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement so that it can enter into force in time for MC10; considers that this agreement will bring significant benefits to all WTO members, and in particular to developing countries and to relevant economic operators, by enhancing transparency and legal certainty and reducing the administrative costs and the length of customs procedures, which would in turn enable them to benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the growing prevalence of regional and global supply chains and enable SMEs to take advantage of more open markets; po ...[+++]ints out that capacity building and technical assistance should continue to be made available to developing and least developed countries, and ought to focus on one-stop shops and the simplification of electronic documentation in order to enable them to increase their production capacities so that they can benefit from a bigger share of the value added in global value chains;

In Mauritius, HR/VP Ashton will co-chair her second regional Ministerial conference on piracy following on from the first regional meeting on piracy in Seychelles in May which paved the way to launch a regional counter-piracy strategy.

In 2012, major international conferences provided the opportunity to reiterate our commitment to Afghanistan’s peaceful transition and inclusive sustainable development: in Chicago (May 2012), the NATO summit acknowledged the importance of security to sustainable development; in Tokyo (July 2012), Afghanistan’s development partners have committed to support Afghanistan's transition and its "transformation decade" based on a partnership and mutual accountability; in Kabul, the “Heart of Asia” Ministerial conference (July) addressed ...[+++]regional cooperation as an important element for shifting the political focus away from conflict, towards encouraging trade and transit.

38. Points out that greater efforts are needed on the part of the governments of the region in order to guarantee the sustainable return of refugees and internally displaced persons, including the return of property and restitution of temporarily occupied houses, in line with the Sarajevo Declaration issued by the Regional Ministerial Conference on Refugee Returns on 31 January 2005; urges the Council and the Commission to insist that the governments of the region develop and implement programmes for access to housing and social services for returnees, and to strengthen their efforts aimed at combating discrimination against returning m ...[+++]inorities; takes the view that these measures should already be in place when the countries in question reach the stage of candidate status and should be resolutely implemented and completed during the accession process;