1. From the blog
   

   Debt: the urgent need for a global recovery initiative

   27/11/2020 – HR/VP Blog – During Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council with Development Ministers, we focused on the growing levels of debt that emerging and developing countries are facing due to the economic impact of the pandemic. We must tackle this problem in the coming months to avoid a serious

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 27/11/2020

2. News stories
   

   Gender Action Plan III: towards a gender-equal world

   No country in the world is on track to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, despite significant progress in advancing women’s and girls’ rights over the years. Moreover, the health and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis are disproportionately affecting women and

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 25/11/2020

3. Press releases

   Gender Action Plan – putting women and girls' rights at the heart of the global recovery for a gender-equal world

   Today, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy put forward ambitious plans to promote gender equality and women's empowerment through all external action of the European Union.

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 25/11/2020

4. From the blog
   

   Defence cooperation: How strategic perseverance will pay off  

   20/11/2020 – HR/VP Blog – Today, EU Defence Ministers discussed how to address tomorrow’s challenges and how the EU can become a stronger security partner. The Strategic Compass, the Permanent Structured Cooperation and the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence are key to achieve this objective.

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 20/11/2020

5. News stories
   

   Reimagining a liveable future for today´s children

   Children and young people are sounding the alarm: if we do not act now, they will be living with the impacts of COVID-19 and the climate crisis for years to come

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 20/11/2020

6. From the blog
   

   The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership – what does it mean for the EU?

   19/11/2020- HRVP blog- The ten countries of ASEAN and five Asia-Pacific countries (China, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand) have just agreed a major trade deal that covers 30% of the world’s population and GDP. As the European Union, we welcome rules-based, multilateral economic integration

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 19/11/2020

7. News stories
   

   EU takes global lead in protecting and supporting human rights and democracy

   The world is rapidly changing and new challenges are arising, including universal rights. The European Union will never ever give up on its commitment to protecting and supporting human rights and democracy, moreover in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. On the contrary. The EU takes now the lead

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 19/11/2020

8. News stories
   

   Multilateralism and European Strategic Autonomy in a (post)-Covid world  

   16/11/2020 – HR/VP Blog – Last Friday, I participated in the third edition of the Paris Peace Forum, devoted to the response to the pandemic crisis and the principles that should govern the post-Covid international order.  

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 15/11/2020

9. News stories
   

   No to vaccine nationalism, yes to vaccine multilateralism

   13/11/2020 – HR/VP blog – With the BioNTech vaccine announcement, we are beginning to see light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. However, with progress comes the risk of “vaccine nationalism”. From the start, we, as EU, have clearly chosen a multilateral approach. This needs also to become the

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 13/11/2020

10. Local Statements

    Statement by the EU delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    We wish to express our support and solidarity to the countries whose representatives and citizens were attending the ceremony that was the target this morning of an attack by improvised explosive device at the Jeddah cemetery. We join these countries in condemning such cowardly attack against

    Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to SAUDI ARABIA - Publication date: 11/11/2020

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