COM(2001)211 - Conflict Prevention

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Legal instrument	Communication
reference by COM-number31	COM(2001)211
Additional COM-numbers	COM(2001)211
CELEX number34	52001DC0211

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• 1. 

  The Commission currently supports the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the South African Development Community (SADC) as well as Cariforum and Pacific Islands Forum. This year, a major project will be launched (with a budget of around EUR 15 million) to strengthen the SADC's administrative capacities. The Commission is also planning to support the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC). The establishing of a Customs Union between the 6 countries of the San Jose Group, in Central America will also be supported by the Commission.
  
   
• 2. 

  Other co-operation programmes refer to programmes with countries not considered as developing countries in the OECD/DAC list.
  
   
• 3. 

  see Statement by the Council and the Commission on the European Community's development policy of 10 November 2000
  
   
• 4. 

  'The EU and the issue of conflicts in Africa: peace-building, conflict prevention and beyond' (March 1996/ SEC(1996)332)
  
   
• 5. 

  CPN is a network of academic institutions, NGOs and independent experts active in the field of conflict prevention. It was established in 1997 following a Resolution of the European parliament and is financially supported by the Commission. It is a research resource for the Commission on conflict prevention issues.
  
   
• 6. 

  General Affairs Council of 22 January 2001.
  
   
• 7. 

  Bilateral or regional programmes financed under the following regulations: PHARE (with Central and Eastern European Countries), TACIS (with Newly Independent States), CARDS (with Balkan countries), MEDA (with Mediterranean countries), ALA (with Asian and Latin American countries) as well as under the EDF with ACP countries. Since 1994, the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) also gives support (100 meuros in 2000), on a thematic and world-wide basis, to NGOs and international organisations working in these fields.
  
   
• 8. 

  European Council Resolution on Integrating Gender in Development (20 December 1995)
  
   
• 9. 

  EP report on women's participation in the peaceful resolution of conflicts (October 2000)
  
   
• 10. 

  See the 1998 EU Code of Conduct on Arms Export
  
   
• 11. 

  also in the context of the recent initiative on Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) as part of Europe's strategy for Space (COM(2000)597)
  
   
• 12. 

  COM(2000)191 final
  
   
• 13. 

  If they are imposed in the first instance by the UN, this overrides other obligations, thus ensuring compatibility.
  
   
• 14. 

  Report of 21 August 2000 of the Panel on UN Peace operations
  
   
• 15. 

  Countries eligible for assistance from IDA or support from the Fund's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. A number of PRSP have already been prepared e.g. for Albania, Bosnia, Mauritania, Tanzania.
  
   
• 16. 

  The Commission currently supports the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the South African Development Community (SADC) as well as Cariforum and Pacific Islands Forum. This year, a major project will be launched (with a budget of around EUR 15 million) to strengthen the SADC's administrative capacities. The Commission is also planning to support the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC). The establishing of a Customs Union between the 6 countries of the San Jose Group, in Central America will also be supported by the Commission.
  
   
• 17. 

  Other co-operation programmes refer to programmes with countries not considered as developing countries in the OECD/DAC list.
  
   
• 18. 

  see Statement by the Council and the Commission on the European Community's development policy of 10 November 2000
  
   
• 19. 

  'The EU and the issue of conflicts in Africa: peace-building, conflict prevention and beyond' (March 1996/ SEC(1996)332)
  
   
• 20. 

  CPN is a network of academic institutions, NGOs and independent experts active in the field of conflict prevention. It was established in 1997 following a Resolution of the European parliament and is financially supported by the Commission. It is a research resource for the Commission on conflict prevention issues.
  
   
• 21. 

  General Affairs Council of 22 January 2001.
  
   
• 22. 

  Bilateral or regional programmes financed under the following regulations: PHARE (with Central and Eastern European Countries), TACIS (with Newly Independent States), CARDS (with Balkan countries), MEDA (with Mediterranean countries), ALA (with Asian and Latin American countries) as well as under the EDF with ACP countries. Since 1994, the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) also gives support (100 meuros in 2000), on a thematic and world-wide basis, to NGOs and international organisations working in these fields.
  
   
• 23. 

  European Council Resolution on Integrating Gender in Development (20 December 1995)
  
   
• 24. 

  EP report on women's participation in the peaceful resolution of conflicts (October 2000)
  
   
• 25. 

  See the 1998 EU Code of Conduct on Arms Export
  
   
• 26. 

  also in the context of the recent initiative on Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) as part of Europe's strategy for Space (COM(2000)597)
  
   
• 27. 

  COM(2000)191 final
  
   
• 28. 

  If they are imposed in the first instance by the UN, this overrides other obligations, thus ensuring compatibility.
  
   
• 29. 

  Report of 21 August 2000 of the Panel on UN Peace operations
  
   
• 30. 

  Countries eligible for assistance from IDA or support from the Fund's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. A number of PRSP have already been prepared e.g. for Albania, Bosnia, Mauritania, Tanzania.
  
   
• 31. 

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• 32. 

  De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
   
• 33. 

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  Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
   
• 34. 

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• 35. 

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