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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.
A blue sky above the Belgian coast, blue EU and UN flags flying, and none other than the blue Smurfs in their homeland, a perfect setting for a gathering of around 2000 students on a mission to save the blue planet. This was just one of the first actions taking place in the margins of the #EUBeachCleanUp – a global campaign for climate, happening on or around 21 September, World Coastal Cleanup Day. This day also marks the International Day of Peace, and also happens to be the day when in New York the UN Youth Climate Summit brings together young activists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and change-makers to showcase climate solutions and engage with global leaders on this defining issue of our time. Adolescents and youths from different walks of life…. together with international organisations and global partners… all with one goal: joining forces in this global fight… a peaceful fight… committed to combatting climate change!
Today, the European Union joined over 300 Palestinian students in cleaning the streets of East Jerusalem in conjunction with the International Clean-up Campaign: Let’s Do it! Ten schools from various neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem participated in the initiative and joined the world in this international movement.
From 9 to 27 September 2019 the EU will participate actively in the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC42) taking place in Geneva.
تقبّل جلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني أوراق اعتماد سفير
"Women in politics… if they are not strong and effective… they cannot prove themselves to others at the political party level or the community. Therefore I appeal to every woman wanting to enter politics, to work hard on themselves. To be accepted by others, they must stand on solid grounds", stressed Wahiba Ahmed Sabrah, Vice President for the Yemeni Center of Studies and Research at an EU supported meeting on women in the peace process which took place in Cairo earlier this year. More recently a large group of Yemeni women gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a second meeting to discuss how to pave the way for a peace process. They identified options and areas of consensus for such an agreement and the subsequent transitional period in Yemen.
