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Brussels Agenda

Greens/EFA priorities this week include committee votes on anti-discrimination and food labelling, conferences on sustainables cities and Iran and the positions adopted by the EU summit on the economic recovery plan and UNFCCC climate change negotiations.
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Expulsion of international aid agencies in Darfur, Sudan

The Greens/EFA Group finds the decision of the Sudanese government to expel the aid agencies the conflict-ridden province of Darfur totally unacceptable; demands that the government of Sudan immediately rescinds this decision and readmits the expelled aid agencies into Darfur.
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Situation in the Philippines

The Greens/EFA are concerned that the failure to hold perpetrators of political killings accountable has a corrosive impact on public confidence in the rule of law and that the killings create a climate in which people in the Philippines cannot feel free to exercise their rights of political expression and association. Although killings h…
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Situation in Tibet, the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and the negotiations between the People's Republic of China and the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Greens/EFA Group urges the Chinese Government to resume the talks with the representatives of the Dalai Lama and to consider the Memorandum for Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People. They call on the Chinese Government to release immediately and unconditionally all those detained solely for engaging in peaceful protest and account f…
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PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES

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PANEL SUMMARIES

Insight into the workshop panels
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Pesticides - An explosive cocktail

Thanks to the Greens, EU legislation on pesticides has been significantly strengthened. Pesticides that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or damage reproduction will be phased out in Europe, unless exposure to them is negligible. Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances (PBTs) will not b...
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Follow-up to the work of the Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (TIDP)

The Greens/EFA denounce the lack of action taken so far by the Member States and the Council; They welcome the issuing by President Obama of three executive orders on closing Guantánamo detention centre, halting proceedings of military commissions, ending use of torture and shutting secrete prisons abroad; Highlight the fact that some amb…
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Sri Lanka

The Greens believe that a military victory over the 'Tamil Tigers' will not spare the need for finding a political solution to the ethnic problems shaking Sri Lanka. They wonder about the genuine willingness of the military to minimize civilian casualties and express their grave concern over the situation of those remaining trapped in the…
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Situation of Burmese refugees in Thailand

The Greens/EFA Group calls for an impartial inquiry into the incident, where, according to reports, the Thai navy intercepted 992 Rohinga and Bangladeshi boat-people bound their hands, removed the boats' engines and towed the refugees into the high sea, where they were abandoned to die. They call for the prosecution of those responsible.