large aperture scanning telescope | LAST [Abbr.]

large opening end [ LOE | large pour opening end | LPO end | gulper ]

large vertical aperture antenna | LVA antenna

wide aperture optical correlator

First in importance is the need to investigate, jointly with basic partners and during the current year, both the potential for a strategy after 2012 and the shaping of a favourable climate for opening official negotiations on future arrangements.

There has been a real openness in the context of the blueprint process to airing some of the issues with respect to clarifying roles and responsibilities in different areas.

Towards a new Asia policy: the objectives Policy-makers in the Union and its member states should set their minds on the following overall objectives when formulating a fresh, proactive policy towards Asia: To improve policy coordination within the Union at national and European level To identify clear priorities in terms of countries and sectors, thereby avoiding the use of too many policy instruments on too many countries. To strengthen the Union's economic presence in Asia To raise the profile of Europe in Asia To promote peace and security by strengthening relations with ASEAN and other regional groupings. To encourage further Asian participation in multilateral organisations To pursue further market-opening and improvement in the inves ...[+++]tment climate To help integrate those Asian countries moving from state controls to market-oriented economies To contribute to sustainable development and poverty alleviation in the poorest parts of Asia Towards a new Asia policy: priorities for action Political dialogue The EU should explore the possibility of continuing or initiating dialogue in a wide range of areas, including: extending the coverage of the UN Conventional Arms Register, itself the result of a joint EU-Japan initiative, as well as extending the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; reinforcing the efficiency of the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency; cooperating over the export of sensitive goods and technologies; urging its Asian partners to conclude a universal and verifiable treaty banning nuclear tests; strengthening the policy of encouraging the improvement of human rights.

Not only has the opening of almost 6,000 square kilometres of land for exploration created much excitement for prospectors and mining companies, but it has created great hopes in communities in the area that new, high paying year-round jobs will follow in the future.