Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Political Systems" produced 192 items.
| 1. ‘Weaknesses' in EU aid managed by UN | May 26, 2011 |
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ECA finds flaws in the design of projects funded by the EU through the UN. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has found major shortcomings in the way that close to a... | |
| 2. Looking in both directions | April 28, 2011 |
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Jean-Luc Onkelinx on his role explaining the EU to the UN, and the UN to the EU. It might not have the day-to-day excitement of a peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara or... |
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| 3. Ban Ki-moon's lessons for Catherine Ashton | April 8, 2011 |
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The UN's secretary-general and the EU's foreign policy chief have similar predecessors, styles and priorities – and a common need to find a voice. If Catherine Ashton... |
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| 4. UN office of food security must reform | March 17, 2011 |
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The next head of the Food and Agriculture Organization has to make major changes. The European Union's farm ministers will today, in the course of their council meeting in... | |
| 5. Navel-gazing won't help at the UN | October 4, 2010 |
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The EU's place as an international power depends more on its actions than on its status at the UN. The European Union has suffered major set-backs at the United Nations in... |
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| 6. Governance reforms put on hold, again | September 23, 2010 |
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Major differences between member states on now to proceed. The summit revealed the large differences among member states on strengthening economic governance in the EU. |
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| 7. UN General Assembly postpones vote on special status for the EU | September 14, 2010 |
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Van Rompuy unlikely to address summit of world leaders. The European Union has failed to win speaking rights at the United Nations General Assembly after opposition from... |
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| 8. Timing, timing | December 17, 2009 |
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Time for a new job for Cristina. In bureaucracy, as in politics, timing is everything. For ten years Cristina Gallach was spokesperson for Javier Solana, while he was the... | |
| 9. Council president could be sidelined at the UN | November 19, 2009 |
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First president of the European Council faces being left in the cold in New York. The person who becomes the first president of the European Council may get star billing in... | |
| 10. EUROJUST | September 4, 2009 |
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| 11. Europe should take the United Nations seriously | June 25, 2009 |
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The UN, not the G20, is the forum in which to tackle the developing world's multiple crises. The EU's outgoing and incoming presidencies, the Czech Republic and Sweden, have... | |
| 12. Laying the foundations for financial supervision reform | May 14, 2009 |
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Commission to announce details of new EU bodies; States divided over de Larosière proposals. Details of European Commission plans for the reform of financial... |
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| 13. Frauds provoke backlash against EU funding for UN | May 7, 2009 |
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MEPs call on the European Commission to drop funding for some UN programmes. Senior MEPs have urged the European Commission to drop funding for United Nations programmes... | |
| 14. MEPs question UN's use of Commission funds | May 5, 2009 |
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Threat to block EU funding of some UN programmes. Members of the European Parliament's budgetary control committee have urged the European Commission to drop funding for... | |
| 15. A confused EU cannot fight racism | April 21, 2009 |
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The debacle in the UN could be the precursor to more clashes over human rights, with Europe as a target. The UN's Durban Review Conference – meant to “serve as a... |
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| 16. Defence package awaits seal of approval | December 11, 2008 |
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EU leaders are set to back proposals that would allow up to 60,000 EU troops to be deployed on a mission.
Agreement on a set of French proposals to strengthen the European... | |
| 17. How to survive a climate change conference | November 27, 2008 |
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Battle-scarred veterans of the climate change negotiations share their experiences. To survive a UN climate change conference, participants need the patience of a saint, a... | |
| 18. Exiting Africa? | November 24, 2008 |
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The bloodshed in Congo may mark the end of European military interventions in Africa; the EU now has to work out how better to integrate its efforts with those of the UN and... | |
| 19. Putting asset freezes on ice? | November 20, 2008 |
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A key foreign-policy tool – financial sanctions – faces failure. A few tweaks and it could be saved. Charles Taylor stands accused of war crimes in Sierra Leone. Qassem... |
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| 20. Cash won't do it any longer for the EU in the UN | September 25, 2008 |
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The EU is rapidly losing influence at the United Nations' general assembly. The opening of the annual United Nations General Assembly used to be an occasion of celebration:... | |
