Meeting in Copenhagen in 1910, the Second International Conference of Working Women, on a proposal by Clara Zetkin, a prominent German revolutionary leader, endorsed the idea of celebrating an International Women’s Day, the object being to enable working women to demonstrate in support of their emancipation and universal suffrage; this marked the culmination of a growing protest movement in which women had been campaigning for better living and working conditions; their protest was thus elevated onto the political plane, and what was a symbolic date was turned into an action plan calling for working women all over the world to mobilise ...[+++] in support of their economic, social, and political mobilisation.

To this end, it is worthwhile exploring a number of paths with a view to adding value to and raising the profile of various themed European or multinational products, particularly at large-scale tourism fairs or exhibitions, or to encourage capitalising to a greater extent on major cultural and sporting events such as the European Capitals of Culture, European Heritage Days, the Olympic Games or universal exhibitions, which provide the potential for increased development of tourism in Europe.

Welcomes the decision by the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 7 December 2007 to subscribe to the joint Council of Europe/European Union Declaration establishing a European Day against the Death Penalty, which will be celebrated on 10 October each year; welcomes the proceedings of the European Conference in Lisbon on 9 October 2007, calling once again for the eradication of the capital punishment in Europe and promoting the universal abolition of the death penalty;

– having regard to the EU's statements in support of a universal moratorium on capital punishment, most recently in the declaration by the Presidency to mark the first World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2003,

The Third European Traffic Law Seminar in Trier on 7 and 8 November 2002 recommended a three-year period.

On December 6 the government should call for a truce, a truce for one day when no woman is humiliated, sold, hit or killed, no woman is forced to have sex, sell sex or is killed for sex, a day when women can walk and live in peace.