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AFET 2 – Committee on Foreign Affairs 2
CRIS - Committee on Financial, Economic and Social Crisis
CULT 1 - Committee on Culture and Education 1
CULT 2 - Committee on Culture and Education 2
DEVE- Committee on Development
ECON - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
ENVI – Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
EMPL – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
IMCO - Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
ITRE 1 - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2
ITRE 2- Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2
LIBE - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
DROI - Committee on Human Rights
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SEDE - Committee on Security and Defence
AFET 1 - Committee on Foreign Affairs 1
OVERVIEW by Oğulcan Torun (TR)
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OVERVIEW by Stefan Vandenhende (BE)
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http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/acp/overview/cotonou-agreement/index_en.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8280603.stm 10 http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/10/27/guinea-september-28-massacre-was-premeditated 9
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CRIS - Committee on Financial, Economic and Social Crisis
OVERVIEW by Lorenzo Parrulli (IT)
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/08/30/eu-debt-crisis-gravest-since-world-war-ii-warns-trichet/ http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-EZdebt0210.html 24 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13856580 25 http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/date/2010/html/pr100510.en.html 26 http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/07/sovereign-debt 27 http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-EZdebt0210.html 28 http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISNInsights/Detail?lng=en&id=132515&contextid734=132515&contextid735=132513&tabid=132513&dynrel=4888caa0-b3db1461-98b9-e20e7b9c13d4,0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233 29 http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/sgp/index_en.htm 23
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CULT 1 - Committee on Culture and Education 1
OVERVIEW by Eoin Rogers (IE)
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CULT 2 - Committee on Culture and Education 2
OVERVIEW by Lluis Solervicens (ES)
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http://www.archive.org/details/MpaaPiracyReort http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121304883 64 http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jan/24/artists-day-jobs 65 http://www.cio.co.uk/news/3258983/eu-piracy-stance-criticised/ 66 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_spotifys_business_model_sustainable.php 67 http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-brief/48578-never-ending-itunes-sales-tally-hits-10-billion 68 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/19/amazon-ebook-sales-surpas_n_864387.html 69 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20030909/0116235.shtml 63
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DEVE – Committee on Development “Letting a thousand flowers bloom”: Given the increased criticism of the lack of impact and progress, how should experimental development programmes, like the Millennium Villages, be supported balanced against the need to provide immediate and proven solutions like famine relief? In light of these questions, what should the EU’s next steps be in the area of development?
OVERVIEW by Sini Hyytiäinen (FI) Introduction
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ECON - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
OVERVIEW by Jon Vrushi (AL)
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http://www.neweconomics.org/sites/neweconomics.org/files/Good_Banking.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/htcdn/ICB-Interim-Report-Executive-Summary.pdf 95 http://www.rbs.com/downloads/pdf/media/2011/RBS_response_ICB_Interim_Report_Exec_Summary.pdf 96 http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/luigi.zingales/research/papers/a_tax_on_short-term_debt_would_stabilize_the_system.pdf 94
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ENVI - Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
OVERVIEW by Benjamin Gradhand (DE)
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EMPL - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
OVERVIEW by Luca Olumets (EE)
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Keynesian economics: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/keynesian-economics.html Understanding classical unemployment: http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-Classical-Unemployment&id=5503200
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IMCO - Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
OVERVIEW Dmytro Honcharenko (UA)
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ITRE 1 - Committee on Industry, Research, Trade and Energy 1
OVERVIEW by Victoria Bendiksby Wilkinson (NO) and Anna O’Leary (IE)
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OVERVIEW by Rosa Douw (NL)
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LIBE - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
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DROI - Committee on Human Rights
OVERVIEW by Ezgi Ä°nce (TR)
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Human Rights Watch Report on Gali, 2011. The report is based on interviews with more than 100 Gali residents conducted on both sides of the administrative boundary line, as well as Abkhaz officials and representatives of international governmental and nongovernmental organizations working in Abkhazia.
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Discrimination on ethnic grounds is banned by key international treaties, including by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 26 f the ICCPR reads: “All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law. In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. (Human Rights Watch Report on Gali, 2011)
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SEDE - Committee on Security and Defence
OVERVIEW by Monica Bota Moisin (RO)
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