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& Brussels, 19-20 November 2001 13802/01 (Presse 414) WK&RXQFLOPHHWLQJ *(1(5$/$))$,56 %UXVVHOV1RYHPEHU President :0U/RXLV0,&+(/ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs 0U$QGUp)/$+$87 Minister for Defence 0U$QWRLQH'848(61( Minister for the Interior of the Kingdom of Belgium &217(176 3$57,&,3$176 ,7(06'(%$7(' WTO.....................................................................................................................................................8 PROCEEDINGS IN THE COUNCIL'S OTHER CONFIGURATIONS ............................................9 ENLARGEMENT..............................................................................................................................10 FUTURE OF THE UNION................................................................................................................11 MIDDLE EAST .................................................................................................................................13 ESDP ..................................................................................................................................................14 − STATEMENT ON IMPROVING EUROPEAN MILITARY CAPABILITIES......................14 − POLICE CAPABILITIES COMMITMENT CONFERENCE – STATEMENT.....................20 WESTERN BALKANS .....................................................................................................................23 - WESTERN BALKANS - Conclusions.....................................................................................23 - STABILITY PACT - Conclusions............................................................................................25 AFRICA – Conclusions......................................................................................................................26 COMBATING TERRORISM – EUROPEAN UNION ACTION FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES............................................................................................29 AFGHANISTAN - Conclusions ........................................................................................................30 ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.............................................................................................................31 MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL AND THE TRADE UNION AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS..................33 ,7(06$33529(':,7+287'(%$7( (;7(51$/5(/$7,216 , − Promoting the Convention on certain conventional weapons - Conclusions ............................................................I − European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports - Third annual report............................................................II − European Union Special Representative for the Middle East peace process .......................................................... II − Rwanda - Common Position ................................................................................................................................... II − Burundi – Joint Action...........................................................................................................................................III − EU-Croatia.............................................................................................................................................................III − Estonia and the Slovak Republic - Implementing rules for State aid.....................................................................IV − Preparation for the Association Councils with Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic ....................................IV − ECSC – Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan..............................................................................................................IV (&2),1,9 − Money laundering *...............................................................................................................................................IV 75$163$5(1&< 9 − Public access to Council documents .......................................................................................................................V BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB )RUIXUWKHULQIRUPDWLRQFDOO 3$57,&,3$176 The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: %HOJLXP Mr Louis MICHEL Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr André FLAHAUT Minister for Defence Mr Antoine DUQUESNE Minister for the Interior Ms Annemie NEYTS State Secretary, attached to the Minister for Foreign Affairs 'HQPDUN Mr Friis Arne PETERSEN State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ms Lise Lotte NILAS Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Justice Mr Anders TROLDBORG Permanent State Secretary for Defence, Ministry of Defence *HUPDQ\ Mr Ludger VOLMER Minister of State, Foreign Affairs Mr Walther STÜTZLE State Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Defence *UHHFH Mr George PAPANDREOU Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Yannos PAPANTONIOU Minister for Defence Mr Michalis CHRISOCHOÏDIS Minister for Public Order Mr Anastasios GIANNITSIS Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs 6SDLQ Mr Josep PIQUE I CAMPS Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Federico TRILLO-FIGUEROA Y MARTINEZ CONDE Minister for Defence Mr Ramón DE MIGUEL Y EGEA State Secretary for European Affairs Mr Santiago LOPEZ VALDIVIELSO Director-General, *XDUGLD&LYLO Ministry of the Interior )UDQFH Mr Hubert VEDRINE Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Alain RICHARD Minister for Defence Mr Pierre MOSCOVICI Ministere attached to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, with responsibility for European Affairs Mr Patrice BERGOUGNOUX Director-General of the National Police Mr Pierre STEINMETZ Director-General of the National Gendarmerie ,UHODQG Mr Brian COWEN Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Michael SMITH Minister for Defence Mr Michael MELLETT Assistant Secretary, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform ,WDO\ Mr Renato RUGGIERO Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Salvatore CICU State Secretary for Defence Mr Alfredo MANTOVANO State Secretary for the Interior /X[HPERXUJ Ms Lydie POLFER Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Mr Charles GOERENS Minister for Cooperation, Humanitarian Intervention and Defence Mr Michel WOLTER Minister for the Interior 1HWKHUODQGV Mr Jozias VAN AARTSEN Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Frank de GRAVE Minister for Defence Mr Gijs de VRIES State Secretary for the Interior and Overseas Territories Mr Dick BENSCHOP State Secretary for Foreign Affairs $XVWULD Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Herbert SCHEIBNER Federal Minister for National Defence Mr Ernst STRASSER Federal Minister for the Interior 3RUWXJDO Mr Jaime GAMA Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Rui PENA Minister for Defence Mr Nuno SEVERIANO TEIXEIRA Minister for the Interior Ms Teresa MOURA State Secretary for European Affairs )LQODQG Mr Erkki TUOMIOJA Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Jan-Erik ENESTAM Minister for Defence Mr Ville ITÄLÄ Minister for the Interior Mr Kimmo SASI Minister of Foreign Trade and European Affairs 6ZHGHQ Ms Anna LINDH Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden Mr Björn VON SYDOW Minister for Defence Mr Thomas BODSTRÖM Minister for Justice 8QLWHG.LQJGRP Mr Jack STRAW Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Mr Geoffrey HOON Minister for Defence Mr Peter HAIN Minister of State for Europe Mr Jim DANIEL Director, Home Office &RPPLVVLRQ Mr Neil KINNOCK Vice-President Mr Michel BARNIER Member Mr Pascal LAMY Member Mr Christopher PATTEN Member Mr Günter VERHEUGEN Member Mr António VITORINO Member *HQHUDO6HFUHWDULDWRIWKH&RXQFLO Mr Javier SOLANA Secretary-General/High Representative for the CFSP Participants from the non-EU European Member States of NATO and the other candidate countries for accession to the EU at the ministerial meetings held on 20 November 2001 on improving military capabilities and on police capabilities commitment: %XOJDULD Mr Solomon PASSY Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Nikolay SVINAROV Minister for Defence Mr Georgi PETKANOV Minister for the Interior &\SUXV Mr Ioannis KASOULIDES Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Socrates HASIKOS Minister for Defence Mr Nicos KOSHIS Minister for Justice and Public Order (VWRQLD Mr Toomas Hendrik ILVES Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Jüri LUIK Minister for Defence Mr Mart KRAFT State Secretary, Ministry of the Interior +XQJDU\ Mr János SZABÓ Minister of Defence Mr Béla SZOMBATI Deputy State Secretary, Foreign Affairs Mr Lászlo FELKAI State Secretary for the Interior /DWYLD Mr Girts Valdis KRISTOVSKIS Minister for Defence Mr Maris RIEKSTINS State Secretary, Foreign Affairs Mr Andris PIEBALGS Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Latvia's Mission to the EU /LWKXDQLD Mr Antanas VALIONIS Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Linas LINKEVI ,86 Minister for Defence Mr Jonas LIAUDANSKAS Deputy Minister for the Interior 0DOWD Mr Joseph BORG Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Joseph GRIMA Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister's Office (responsibilities for defence) Mr Louis CILIA Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Interior 3RODQG Mr Wlodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ Minister for Foreign Affairs 0U-HU]L6=0$-'=, 6., Minister for Defence Mr Andrzej BARCIKOWSKI Deputy Minister for the Interior Ms Danuta HÜBNER State Secretary, Foreign Affairs Mr Stefan MELLER Under-State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Januzs ZEMKE Deputy Minister 6ORYDN5HSXEOLF Mr Eduard KUKAN Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Jan MICHALKO Minister for the Interior Mr Rastislav KACER State Secretary for Defence &]HFK5HSXEOLF Mr Jan KAVAN