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	Paul-Henri Spaak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Schaerbeek, Paul-Henri was the grandson of the Liberal politician Paul Janson and nephew of another Liberal politician, Paul-Emile Janson, who was briefly Prime Minister of Belgium from 1937 to 1938.
		March 1946 - August 1946 : Minister of Foreign Affairs in the third coalition led by Achille Van Acker
		April 1954 - June 1958 : Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth coalition led by Achille Van Acker
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul-Henri_Spaak (780 words)

	Yorkshire CND - POL D'HUYVETTER
		The Minister answered to have respect for the courage of the faster, and said there were continuous communications going on.
		As this is the first time that a Belgian Minister questions publically the NFU option, we felt we had a good reason to stop the fast.
		For Mother Earth is calling for a vigil in front of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs next Thursday between 4 and 8 pm, the expected time of the votes in the UN General Assembly.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /news/yfnewinf.htm (3142 words)

	The Belgian Grey Book, 1914
		Davignon, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Belgian Ministers at Rome, The Hague, and Luxemburg.
		The Department of Foreign Affairs had suggested that a declaration in the German Parliament during a debate on foreign affairs would serve to calm public opinion, and to dispel the mistrust which was so regrettable from the point of view of the relations between the two countries.
		This entailed free passage through Belgian territory, while guaranteeing the maintenance of the independence of Belgium and of her possessions on the conclusion of peace, and threatened, in the event of refusal, to treat Belgium as an enemy A time limit of twelve hours was allowed within which to reply.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/papers/belgrey.html (17577 words)

	Speeches: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Foreign Ministry identifies or creates the opportunities at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, which must then be fully exploited by agencies of both the public and private sectors, as well as by the civil society, if our country is to achieve its growth targets.
		Minister Hylton and I are committed to the pursuit of all possible measures to ensure that the Ministry effectively and efficiently fulfils its mandate.
		Prime Minister in November 1999, subsequent to the inaugural meeting of the Jamaica/Ghana Joint Commission, a mechanism established pursuant to cooperation agreements signed during the 1997 State Visit of the President of Ghana.
	www.mfaft.gov.jm /Officials/Speeches/Robertson(jun27,00).htm (6546 words)

	ASIL Insights: ICJ Ruling on Belgian Warrant
		Thus, it does not matter whether a foreign minister was, at the time of arrest, present in the territory of the arresting State on an "official" or a "private" visit, or whether the arrest relates to acts allegedly committed before the foreign minister took office or while in office.
		Although the decision is limited by its terms to sitting foreign ministers and, by virtue of Article 59 of the ICJ Statute, is binding only on the DRC and Belgium and only with regard to this particular case, its impact is potentially much broader.
		The judgment suggests that former foreign ministers may never be tried abroad for "official" acts committed during their tenure, even though under international law certain crimes (e.g., genocide) cannot be defended as having been "official" acts.
	www.asil.org /insights/insigh82.htm (1409 words)

	ICJ REJECTS BELGIAN ARREST WARRANT FOR FOREIGN MINISTER ICJ REJECTS BELGIAN ARREST WARRANT FOR FOREIGN MINISTER
		Yerodia was no longer the Minister for Foreign Affairs, or even a member of the Government of the Congo, at the time that the Court was dealing with the case.
		That immunity and inviolability protect the individual concerned against any act of authority of another State which would hinder him or her in the performance of his or her duties.
		The Court emphasizes, however, that the immunity from jurisdiction enjoyed by incumbent Ministers for Foreign Affairs does not mean that they enjoy impunity in respect of any crimes they might have committed, irrespective of their gravity.
	www.un.org /news/Press/docs/2002/afr379.doc.htm (527 words)

	Visit by the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louis Michel - INFORMATION
		The two ministers will mainly discuss EU enlargement and Slovenia's integration into the EU, prospects for the enlargement process during the Belgian presidency, priorities and goals of the Belgian presidency in this area, and the debate on the future of the EU, in which Slovenia is taking an active part.
		The Belgian Ambassador to Slovenia, Sami G. Godart, presented his credentials to President Kučan on 22 October 1999, and the Slovene Ambassador to Belgium, Ms Marija Adanja, presented her credentials to King Albert II of Belgium on 29 September 1999.
		Foreign Minister Thaler paid an official visit to Belgium in April 1997, and Belgian Foreign Minister Erik Derycke made an official visit to Slovenia in February 1999.
	www.sigov.si /mzz/eng/news_room/news/01082401.html (411 words)

	RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia] - Online Information article about RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]
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		Executive power is vested in a council under the presidency of a prime minister, and representing the ministers of foreign affairs; justice; the interior; religion and education; war; finance; agriculture, trade, industry and public domains; and public works.
		In 1872 a law was passed by which the bishops were elected by the senate, the chamber of deputies, and the synod sitting as an assembly (the only other occasion on which provision is made for such an assembly is in the event of the throne becoming vacant without any apparent heir).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RON_SAC/RUMANIA_or_ROUMANIA_Romdnia.html (8037 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Close up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In this context hopes were expressed for a positive outcome of the referendums on the Constitutional Treaty scheduled for 29 May in France, and for the 1st of June in the Netherlands.
		The two ministers focused particularly on negotiations regarding the 2007-20013 financial prospects.
		Minister Fini reiterated his negative opinion of the Luxembourg Presidency's new compromise proposal: budgetary rigour cannot be pursued solely at the expense of political cohesion and in a framework in which Italy would find itself with a net debit balance of politically unsustainable dimensions.
	www.esteri.it /eng/0_1_01.asp?id=848 (190 words)

	Avalon Project : The French Yellow Book : No. 292 - M. Georges Bonnet, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to M. BARGETON, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Georges Bonnet, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to M. BARGETON, French Ambassador in Brussels, and to M. DE VITROLLES, French Minister in The Hague.
		For the Hague: the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs.
		That the Government of the Republic welcomes with the greatest interest the offer which the King of the Belgians and the Queen of the Netherlands have made of their good offices with a view to a settlement of the European crisis.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/wwii/yellow/ylbk292.htm (152 words)

	European Union - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		Australia was represented by a team of three senior Ministers comprising the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr John Anderson, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Downer, and the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Mr Philip Ruddock.
		The new terms of the dialogue were covered in a letter to Foreign Minister Senator Gareth Evans from the Irish Foreign Minister as President of the EC Council of Ministers.
		Minister for Primary Industry Mr John Kerin announced the release of the report by the Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Policy Council on the EC threat to Australia 's beef markets in the Pacific Basin.
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/european_union/eu_chronology.html (3327 words)

	Pravda.RU Belgian Foreign Minister To Arrive In Moscow On November 1
		Russia and Belarus emphasize their readiness to actively cooperate in coordinating draft documents of the Council of the OSCE foreign minsters which is going to hold a meeting in Bucharest, on December 3-4.
		Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have agreed to continue active consultations on Iraq at a bilateral level and within the framework of the United Nations' General Assembly.
		Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov will be heading for Washington later in the day for talks with US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
	english.pravda.ru /world/2001/10/31/19695.html (1849 words)

	Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs on Iraq
		A Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr.
		To this end, EU Foreign Ministers agreed that the Belgian Presidency, High Representative Solana and the Commission should make immediate contact with the UN SG Kofi Annan and his Special Representative Brahimi to contribute effectively to their efforts.
		In addition to my raising it at yesterday’s meeting of EU Foreign Minister’s, Minister of State Liz O’Donnell was able to press home the importance of all these humanitarian priorities when she attended the Special Meeting of EU Development Ministers which was held in Brussels on 10th October.
	www.irelandemb.org /press/144.html (1683 words)

	Belgian Foreign Minister criticises US role in Africa
		A recent interview with Belgian Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Louis Michel, broke with the customarily measured tones of international relations.
		At this time, it is somewhat easier for the Belgian Foreign Minister to express the real concerns of the European powers.
		However, the concern of the Belgian political elite for the plight of ordinary Congolese citizens was indeed small, it amounted to a paltry US$0.94 million aid package.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/sep1999/belg-s13.shtml (1045 words)

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		He commissioned two ecclesiastics who were ministers of Louis XVI, Champion de Cicé and Lefranc de Pompignan, to urge the king not to sign the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
		This law enacted that the republic should pay salaries to the ministers of no religion, and that no churches should be reopened, but it declared that the exercise of religion should not be disturbed, and prescribed penalties for disturbers.
		Abroad the prestige of the French armies was upheld by were upheld by Bonaparte in Egypt, but they were hated on the Continent, and in 1799 were compelled to evacuate most of Italy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13009a.htm (7777 words)

	Pravda.RU Belgian Interior Minister Asks Foreign Ministry To Issue Visa To Russian Family With Sick Baby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Belgian Interior Minister Antoine Duquesne has addressed the country's Foreign Ministry with a request that exception be made and a visa issued to the Russian family whose 9-month-old child needs a complicated liver transplant, said sources in the Belgian Interior Ministry.
		Last week the Belgian authorities resolved to close the visa department of the consulate of the Belgian embassy to Moscow and stop issuing all visas except official ones until special instructions are given.
		Alexander Rumyantsev, Russia's Minister of Nuclear Power Industry, met at the negotiation table in Moscow with Zuck Pate, managerial council president of the world nuclear plant controllers' association, who is currently on visit to Russia.
	english.pravda.ru /world/2001/05/08/4857.html (1926 words)

	LES ACTIVITES DE LA MISSION
		THE MINISTER - Precisely, that was the case in the past.
		THE MINISTER - This fresh eruption of Nyirangongo is tragic for that region and for those who had taken refuge there.
		THE MINISTER - The way to resolve the population displacement problem is to settle the political and war problems which have caused it.
	www.un.int /france/documents_anglais/020121_mae_vedrine_afrique.htm (1188 words)

	monuc.org: DRC Press Review ::: 19/10/2004
		Also, the papers offers more comments on the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs' controversial remarks about the officials of the Transition in the DRC and on the issue of the sharing of government-controlled companies.
		According to the paper, while the Belgian Minister "sharply criticised the record of leaders of our country," he "was all praise for Rwanda." "There is a least a State in Rwanda, and they are trying to manage the country correctly," the papers quotes him as saying.
		De Gucht's declarations, the paper says, have caused a "shock" in Brussels, both among the political circles at "Rue Quatre Bras" where are found "the crowned heads of the DRC Desk, the most important section of the Africa Department of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" and among Congolese living in Belgian.
	www.monuc.org /news.aspx?newsID=4022 (1235 words)

	OFFICIAL VISIT BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DR. N DHLAMINI-ZUMA TO BELGIUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nkosazana Dhlamini-Zuma will be visiting Brussels from 19 to 20 January 2000 at the invitation of the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Louise Michel.
		Minister Zuma will be holding bilateral discussions with her counterpart, Mr Louise Michel, on 20 January during which a wide range of issues will be discussed, inter alia the state of and prospects for bilateral relations, developments in the Southern African region as well as Multilateral Co-operation.
		Minister Dhlamini-Zuma will also meet with the Minister-President of the Flemish Region, Mr Patric Dewael as well as with the Belgian Secretary of State for Development Co-operation, Mr.
	www.polity.org.za /govdocs/pr/2000/pr0118.html (197 words)

	World War I, The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Moreover, if, contrary to our expectation, Belgian neutrality should be violated by France, Belgium intends to fulfil her international obligations and the Belgian army would offer the most vigorous resistance to the invader.
		The treaties of 1839, confirmed by the treaties of 1870 vouch for the independence and neutrality of Belgium under the guarantee of the Powers, and notably of the Government of His Majesty the King of Prussia.
		The Belgian Government, if they were to accept the proposals submitted to them, would sacrifice the honour of the nation and betray their duty towards Europe.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/1914/belgsayno.html (345 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Photo Album (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Foreign Minister Fini and Secretary General Ambassador Vattani during the opening speech of the inaugural session of the Third Conference of Italian Cultural Institute Directors
		Minister Fini meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Karel de Gucht.
		Minister Fini meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with European Commission for Development and Humanitarian Aid Luis Michel.
	www.esteri.it /eng/1_8.asp?anno=2005&mese=5 (178 words)

	Protecting A Nation's Soveriegnty - U.S. Congressman Fights "Outrageous" Belgian Notions
		The Belgian Supreme Court recently held that Belgium, utilizing a theory of "universal jurisdiction" over war crimes and other crimes against humanity, may arrest and try Israeli military officials for alleged crimes which take place outside of Belgium and, in fact, outside of Europe.
		In March 2003, Sherman wrote to Belgian's Minister for Foreign Affairs asking, "What assurance can you give me that these same legal assertions will not be made to allege jurisdiction over American military officers and political officials visiting Belgium who have supported, authorized, or carried out military actions against the government of Iraq?"
		I understand that the Belgian Supreme Court, utilizing a theory of "universal jurisdiction" over war crimes and other crimes against humanity, has recently held that it has the right to arrest and try Israeli military officials for alleged crimes which take place outside of Belgium and, in fact, outside of Europe.
	nyjtimes.com /cover/05-04-03/ICC.htm (574 words)

	PMag v06n2p26 -- Disarmament Campaigns
		At the end of July 1989, the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alois Mock, filed a formal application for Austria to join the E.C. The European Commission must now prepare a report about the political, economic, and legal consequences of Austrian membership.
		The Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister is certainly not the only one who has objections.
		Although Eyskens later admitted that his intervention was somewhat premature, this slip of the tongue can be considered a forerunner to a long, tiresome discussion over the core of the negotiation problem, namely the neutrality of Austria.
	www.peacemagazine.org /archive/v06n2p26.htm (1464 words)

	Belgian PM Receives Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brussels, March 11 (PL).- Belgium’s Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt received Cuba´s Minister of Foreign Affairs Felipe Pérez Roque, who is visiting different European countries, and analyzed the state of bilateral relations and issues of international politics in a respectful and friendly atmosphere.
		The Cuban diplomat held talks in Strasbourg with European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission chairman Elmar Brok and European Parliament’s Socialist Group president Enrique Barón Crespo.
		The Cuban minister will also visit Luxemburg country currently presiding over the Council of the European Union.
	www.trabajadores.cubaweb.cu /2005/marzo/11_ingles/textos_y_fotos/belgian.htm (236 words)

	gooya news :: english : Open Letter to Belgian Foreign Minister, Louis Michel about Mojahedin
		On 13 September when European Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels and the International Atomic Energy Agency meets in Vienna to review Iranâs nuclear industry, the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq organization (MKO) has organised, using the pseudonym âSarfarazanâ, a demonstration in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.
		We understand the pressure exerted on your country through Canada, whose Foreign Minister is in Brussels for talks with your government, to put pressure on Iran.
		Louis Michel Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium On 13 September when European Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels and the International Atomic Energy Agency meets in Vienna to review Iranâs nuclear industry, the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq organization (MKO) has organised, using the pseudonym âSarfarazanâ, a demonstration in front of...
	mag.gooya.com /english/archives/015791.php (1086 words)

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