International Treaties

Lisbon Treaty heralds trickier EU relations

What kind of wind will be blowing for Switzerland in Brussels? Swiss lawyer Jean Russotto, one of the leading experts in Brussels, says Swiss officials will face new EU players and working methods after the treaty comes into...

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Beyond Copenhagen there's more than just cutting CO2

Imagine for a minute that global warming is not changing our planet's biosphere and the ecosystems that sustain life on Earth. Imagine that climate change abetted by rising human-generated emissions of greenhouse gases does not...

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Ukraine's 'hot Air' Bedevils Global Climate Deal

Closed Communist-era Factories Reap Windfall Profit For Ukraine But Problem For Climate Deal (AP) KONSTANTINOVKA, Ukraine (AP) - Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from...

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Jyoti Parikh & Kirit Parikh: Deal-making at Copenhagen

Minister for Environment Jairam Ramesh wants India to be a deal maker at the Copenhagen Climate Conference. We propose here a deal that India can offer that addresses the objectives of the deal makers and the concerns of those...

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Czech president signs Lisbon Treaty/EU Dirty Deal regarding human rights

With the EU guarantee to the Czech president, that the Czech State should not be exposed to property claims of expelled Germans after World War II, the EU not only implicitly consents with ethnical cleansings, it is also highly...

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Poland says to sell CO2 permits to Ireland soon

Source: Reuters WARSAW, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Poland will sign an accord shortly under the global Kyoto Protocol to sell surplus carbon emission permits worth 15 million euros to Ireland, Environment Minister Maciej ...

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US-INDIA: State Visit by Singh Could Smooth Bumpy Relations

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (IPS) - The close of U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Asia this week brought rampant speculation about what a new U.S.-China relationship will look like, but next week's state visit by Indian Prime...

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Results 2976th Council meeting Agriculture and Fisheries

ITEMS DEBATED State aid in Poland for the purchase of agricultural land 7 Genetically modified maize MIR604 8 Conservation of fisheries resources through technical measures 9 EC/Norway: annual consultations for 2010 10 fishing...

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BAKU: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Resolution And Turkey-Armenia Rapprochement Have No Formal...

NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND TURKEY-ARMENIA RAPPROCHEMENT HAVE NO FORMAL RELATION: CE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS NEW CHAIRMAN Trend Nov 19 2009 Azerbaijan There is no formal relation between resolving the...

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Westernfield Holdings Ramping Up Carbon Offset Funding

Westernfield Holdings Inc. is looking to ramp up funding for carbon offset projects in Asia that fall within the guidelines of the U.N.’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and is jointly financing an $80 million Malaysian...

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