WorldThe pioneering world climate change deal struck in Paris at the weekend could be "a turning point for the future of our planet", said Parliament President Martin Schulz at the opening. He hailed the deal as "global, groundbreaking and trendsetting", but stressed that it must now be put into practice. 
Joint Statement by Commissioners Malmström and Hogan ahead of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi2015-12-14, 17:48Ahead of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference, Commissioners Malmström and Hogan call all partners to come to the negotiating table in good faith. 
Lithuania’s Ambassador presents his letters of credence to President of Tajikistan2015-12-13, 13:49In a solemn ceremony at the Tajik Presidential Palace on 10 December, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Vytautas Naudužas presented his letters of credence to the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. Forty years of ACP-EU cooperation, migration, the post-election situation in Burundi, and COP21 were among the topics discussed by the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly at its 30th session, which closed on Wednesday, in Brussels. Continuing his visit to New York on 10 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović, the Head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, and Ambassador Samantha Power, Permanent Representative to the United Nations of the United States, which has assumed the role of President of the UN Security Council for the month of December. On 8-9 December in Washington, D.C., the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held meetings to discuss important issues related to regional and international security, energy security and defense policy. On the eve of Human Rights Day, EU Commissioner, Neven Mimica, announces the first-of-its-kind EU comprehensive Human Rights Defenders mechanism. The EU Commission should investigate why Google offers its "Android" operating system only in conjunction with other Google services and also why manufacturers allegedly may not pre-install rival products; MEPs say in a response to the Commission's annual competition report for 2014. The people of Venezuela have peacefully elected a new National Assembly. A delegation of 15 MEPs will take part in the UN climate conference in Paris, France, from Monday to Friday. The European Parliament says that the 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset, with five-year commitment periods. In a resolution voted in October, MEPs also proposed that a share of revenues from the EU carbon market allowances should be earmarked for climate finance, and that aviation and shipping sectors should initiate measures to curb their emissions. |
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