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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 04-09-20
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Global efforts for the environment : Commission and UNEP to reinforce
cooperation
[02] Commission and Hong Kong SAR step up cooperation against illegal
immigration
[03] La Commission désigne les vingt lauréats du Prix européen des
technologies de la société de l'information
[04] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express of 2004-09-20
Reference: MEX/04/0920
Date: 20/09/2004
EXME04 / 20.9
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Press and Communication Directorate General's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction Général Presse etb
Communication
20/09/04
[01] Global efforts for the environment : Commission and UNEP to reinforce
cooperation
The European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
today announced that they will strengthen their cooperation to fight global
threats to the environment more effectively. The agreement takes the form
of a Memorandum of Understanding and was signed by Environment Commissioner
Margot Wallström and Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of UNEP. The
Memorandum will reinforce policy dialogue and collaboration at all levels
between UNEP and the Commission. This cooperation will support
implementation of the commitments made at the 2002 World Summit on
Sustainable Development, for example on sustainable consumption and
production, biodiversity, water and sanitation, renewable energy and
chemicals. It will also help achieve the environment-related UN Millennium
Development Goals, such as environmental sustainability and the eradication
of poverty and extreme hunger.
[02] Commission and Hong Kong SAR step up cooperation against illegal
immigration
Today the European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, Mr Antonio
Vitorino, and the Hong Kong Secretary for Security, Mr Ambrose S K Lee,
opened the first meeting of the Joint EC-Hong Kong Readmission Committee in
Brussels.
[03] La Commission désigne les vingt lauréats du Prix européen des
technologies de la société de l'information
Le 17 septembre 2004, la Commission européenne a sélectionné les
vingt lauréats du prix européen 2004 des technologies de la société de
l'information (TSI). Les lauréats recevront chacun €5.000 et seront
invités à exposer leurs produits dans le Village des lauréats du prix
européen TSI, à l'occasion de la manifestation "IST 2004" organisée à la
Haye les 15-17 novembre. Le prix TSI est la plus haute récompense d'Europe
pour les produits pionniers dans le domaines des TSI. Organisé par Euro-
CASE, il est soutenu et parrainé par le programme TSI de la Commission.
[04] Autre matériel diffusé
Speech by President Romano Prodi to students and representatives of civil
society in Georgia at Tbilisi University (18/09, Tbilisi University)
Speech by President Romano Prodi to students and representatives of civil
society in Armenia at European Regional Institute of Information and
Communication Technologies (19/09, Yerevan)
Speech by Frits Bolkestein : "Marktwirtschaft, Wettbewerb und zukünftige
Integration der Europäischen Union" at Kongress der Industrie und
Handelskammer (Düsseldorf, ! embargo 6 pm !)
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