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Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
The policy of the European Union towards the North African and Middle Eastern countries seeks to encourage political and economic reform in each individual country in due respect for its specific features and regional cooperation among the countries of the region themselves and with the EU.
In 2018, the European Union in Jordan created and funded RISE Talent Contest to promote & celebrate Jordan's youth talent & creativity in different artistic dimensions.After a successful 1st edition, the initiative is happening again this year, now larger and organized by EUNIC Jordan. Youngsters from all over the kingdom compete in four different categories: playing, singing, dancing and creating.
Dans le cadre du programme régional UE-OCDE sur la promotion de l’investissement en Méditerranée un atelier de 2 jours sur la thématique "Le climat de l’investissement en Algérie et le règlement des différends investisseurs-État", a lieu le 11 et 12 novembre à Alger.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child turns 30 this year but we are not throwing a party just yet. Even though we have come a long way since its inception, children’s rights are still being violated on a daily basis.
24 October marks UN Day. On this day in 1945 the UN Charter entered into force and the United Nations formally came into existence as the ashes of the Second World War were settling.
EU foreign affairs ministers, gathered today in Luxembourg for a Foreign Affairs Council, have condemned Turkey's military action in north east Syria. "We have a common united European Union position … on the developments in the north-east of Syria … there is a clear condemnation from the European Union’s side of Turkey’s military action", said High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the press conference following the Council.
