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	CGIAR: Meetings & Events
		The Belgian government is forging the commitments required for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs.
		This was the straightforward message of high-level officials at a briefing on agricultural research for development, held at the Belgian Senate on May 2, 2006.
		Anne-Marie Lizin, Senate President, noted that “renewal of agriculture to increase the incomes of poor farmers is vital if we are to combat poverty effectively and achieve the MDGs.” The Minister of the Middle Class and Agriculture, Mrs.
	www.cgiar.org /meetings/Belgium2006/index.htm (488 words)

	Belgian Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Belgian Senate (Dutch: de Senaat, French: le Sénat) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament.
		Of the total of 71 elected senators, 40 are elected directy, 21 appointed by the federal parliaments and 10 senators are coopted.
		Having reached the age of 21, the Senators by Right are in theory entitled to vote, but in practice they do not cast their vote and are not counted towards the required quorum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belgian_senate (917 words)

	Belgian Federal Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For electoral purposes Senators are divided into four categories: directly elected; appointed by the community assemblies; co-opted Senators; and Senators of Law ("Senatoren van rechtswege", in Dutch, "sénateurs de droit" in French).
		Of the Senators representing the communities, 10 are elected by the Flemish Council, 10 by the French Council, and 1 by the German-language Council.
		The final category, that of Senators by Right, consists of those members of the Royal Family that are direct children of the reigning King and eligible to the throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belgian_Parliament (612 words)

	"Israel Seeks to Counter Belgian ‘War Crimes’ Ruling - Forward.com"
		Herman, the Belgian official, explained that after the lower court decision the legislators decided to revise the 1993 law, amending it slightly in response to some of the criticisms directed against it.
		The new version of the law — already approved by the Belgian Senate and expected to be adopted soon by the chamber of deputies — would grant immunity to serving heads of state or government, as well as ministers.
		A Belgian Jew who was hurt in a 1982 bombing attack on a Brussels synagogue for which the Palestine Liberation Organization took responsibility is planning to press charges against the chairman of the Palestinian Authority.
	www.forward.com /articles/israel-seeks-to-counter-belgian-war-crimes-r (1340 words)

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		The plenary of the Belgian Senate called on Turkey to comply with UN resolutions on Cyprus and withdraw its troops from the island.
		In a resolution adopted unanimously on November 17, 2000 by 55 Senators, the Belgian Senate expressed support for the wish of the government of Cyprus to find a settlement on the basis of UN resolutions and endorses the Republic’s efforts to join the European Union.
		The Senate considers the illegal invasion and occupation of Cyprus’ northern part unacceptable and takes into account the numerous UN resolutions which call on the withdrawal of the Turkish troops and which affirm that the solution should be based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation with one sovereignty, one citizenship and one legal personality.
	www.kypros.org /UN/pr181100.htm (333 words)

	Belgian Senate passes tax bill despite criticism -DAWN - Business; December 21, 2003
		The Senate late on Friday voted 40 in favour and 21 against the bill, which has been revised several times by the government in the face of strong criticism.
		The Senate was expected to approve the bill as the coalition government of pro-business liberals and socialists has a majority both there and in the lower Chamber of Deputies, which has also passed the bill.
		Belgians are estimated by the central bank to hold 161 billion euros in undeclared funds as they face a top rate of income tax of 50 per cent, one of the highest in Europe.
	www.dawn.com /2003/12/21/ebr14.htm (377 words)

	SENATEUROPE Previous meetings
		The Association of European Senates was founded in Paris on November 8th 2000 by delegations of the Upper Houses of 12 countries with the aims of promoting bicameralism in the framework of parliamentary democracy, and strengthening of European identity and awareness.
		This improvement in quality is one of the objectives of the parliaments and particularly the senates which, as a rule, examine legislative texts in the second place, in a context of lesser political confrontation and away from the limelight of the media.
		The Senate was then to concentrate mainly on the rules concerning human behaviour - hence the exclusion from the debate on the state budget and the non-accountability of the Cabinet to the Senate.
	www.senateurope.org /eng/13112001.html (16843 words)

	IOM Brussels - IOM Brussels and the EU
		In July 2002, the Committee of Interior of the Belgian Senate with the Security Committee of the Duma of the Russian Federation have adopted and ratified an agreement on cooperation in migration matters.
		The aim of the agreement is to facilitate the convergence of the Belgian and Russian legislation on migration issues and improve migration management between the two countries.
		The agreement was signed by Ms Anne-Marie Lizin, President of the Committee of Interior of the Belgian Senate at the time of signature and Ms Alexandre Gourov, President of the Security Committee of the Duma of the Russian Federation.
	www.belgium.iom.int /News_Details.asp?sm=100 (269 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Belgian Senate gives final approval to new, less-ambitious war crimes law
		BRUSSELS, Belgium – The Belgian Senate gave final approval Friday to a scaled-down war crimes law that the government hopes will repair relations with Washington and preserve Belgium's role as NATO headquarters.
		Human rights groups expressed disappointment at the end of the Belgian law, which was adopted in response to recent horrors in the Balkans and in Rwanda, a former Belgian colony.
		In a sharp exchange ahead of Friday's vote, some leftist senators who were the law's biggest backers were accused by other supporters of having doomed the law by "politicizing" it through their interference in high-profile cases against Sharon and some U.S. officials.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030801-1225-belgium-genocidelaw.html (637 words)

	BRASS TARNISHED -- BELGIANS CRITICIZE CANADIANS IN DEATHS OF 10 IN RWANDA -- (Edmonton Sun/AP-CP) Dec. 8, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A 1,000-page report, adopted by a special committee of the Belgian Senate, says Belgian and UN officials turned a blind eye to the dangers facing peacekeepers as Rwanda sank into a genocide that left at least half a million dead, mostly members of the minority Tutsi tribe.
		The 10 Belgian paratroopers were captured by Rwandan Hutu soldiers on April 7, 1994, while on a UN mission to accompany Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana to a radio station to make an appeal for calm.
		Both Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene and Delcroix, the former defence minister, testified all they did was provide troops to the United Nations and said blame for what went awry should be laid at the UN doorstep.
	vikingphoenix.com /news/archives/1997/mil97146.htm (643 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The plenary of the Belgian Senate called on Turkey to comply with UN resolutions on Cyprus and withdraw its troops from the island.
		In a resolution adopted unanimously on November 17, 2000 by 55 Senators, the Belgian Senate expressed support for the wish of the government of Cyprus to find a settlement on the basis of UN resolutions and endorses the Republic’s efforts to join the European Union.
		The Senate considers the illegal invasion and occupation of Cyprus’ northern part unacceptable and takes into account the numerous UN resolutions which call on the withdrawal of the Turkish troops and which affirm that the solution should be based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation with one sovereignty, one citizenship and one legal personality.
	www.un.int /cyprus/pr181100.htm (333 words)

	CTV.ca - Belgian senate approves revised war crimes law- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		The bill to amend the law passed the Senate 39-4, with 20 abstentions after easily clearing the lower house on Tuesday.
		The original 1993 law allowed Belgian courts to hear war crimes cases regardless of where the crimes allegedly occurred or the nationalities of those involved.
		The new law allows cases to be brought only if the victim or suspect is a Belgian citizen or long-term resident at the time of the alleged crime.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20030802/belgium_war_crimes_030801/20030802?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory (726 words)

	Law & Justice Blog Edwin Jacobs
		His few activities as a senator can be found on the website of the Belgian Senate.
		The president of the Senate, Ms Anne-Marie Lizin, already declared that it isn’t obvious: the obligations regarding the Senate and its members as set forth in the Constitution are independent from the salary-issue.
		Those successors are said to be (even) more subject to “particraty” (political parties exercise the real power instead of the democratically elected MP’s), are often very dependant on the goodwill of their political party and are turned into "voting machines" merely pushing the voting button.
	lawjustice.blogspot.com /2005/09/willi-das-kampfschwein-belgian-senate.html (543 words)

	"No Evidence of Illegal Acts", Says a Belgian Pillage Study - Security Council - Global Policy Forum
		The 15-member Senate commission was established in November 2001 in the wake of the publication of the addendum report of the UN Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the DRC.
		The Senate commission's report recalled the involvement of neighbouring countries of DRC in the exploitation of natural resources in order to finance their war effort, and "at the expense of the Congolese population", but refrains from accusing any individual.
		Critics said that the Senate commission led only one fact-finding mission to Rwanda and DRC in November 2002, and that their final report made no mention that the pro-Rwandan Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) rebel movement in eastern DRC had denied the senators access to cities under their control.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/congo/2003/0225bel.htm (792 words)

	Belgian senators denied access to eastern cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The senators were due to fly from Goma to Bukavu and Kisangani, but after a meeting with leaders of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) leaders in Goma, they were told to leave RCD-held territory immediately.
		The senators, whose tour included Rwanda, are members of the Belgian Senate's commission of inquiry into the exploitation of the DRC's mineral resources.
		Its task is to investigate the alleged involvement of Belgian and non-Belgian companies in the illegal trade in the DRC's natural resources, and to search for ways of preventing the proceeds of such activities from fuelling war in the region.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=30919 (396 words)

	[Belgian] Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Events in Rwanda [1994]. Belgian Senate, December 6, 1997
		With regard to the murder of the Belgian UN peacekeepers, the commission has collected several pieces of evidence that suggest that this murder was part of a plan whose purpose was to provoke the departure of UNAMIR by attacking its strongest component.
		Belgian authorities were aware of the many political murders and the systematic massacres of the Tutsi civilian population.
		From a Belgian political perspective this means that, in the event that a decision is taken to participate in a peacekeeping operation, account must be taken of both the current situation and the possibility of a worst-case scenario.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /Rwanda/Rwanda3.htm (11126 words)

	Years after Belgian troops slain by Rwandans, questions remain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A special committee of the Belgian Senate is holding hearings on the Belgians' deaths on April 7, 1994, the day when Rwanda erupted in an orgy of bloodletting by Hutu extremists.
		The Belgians held out with those two weapons for three hours, when grenades dropped into the room through the roof ended resistance.
		According to the Senate investigation, while Lotin's dwindling band was under attack at the base, Dallaire was on his way to a meeting at the Rwandan Ministry of Defense.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/97/04/13/rwanda.2-0.html (1151 words)

	BRUSSELS, January 31 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Reviving hopes of 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre victims that ...
		The unique "universal competence" law, adopted in 1993, enables Belgian courts to examine cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide regardless of where the outrages were perpetrated.
		The Senate vote came amidst heavy pressure from Israel, which decided to recall its ambassador to Belgium if the proposal was adopted, the newspaper Le Soir reported on Thursday, January 30.
		Under the universal competence law, four Rwandans were found guilty in 2001 of participating in the 1994 genocide in their homeland, which left an estimated one million people dead.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article1138.htm (511 words)

	Belgium - Armeniapedia.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Recently, Azg informed that the Human Rights Belgian League, the French VAN NGO and several lawyers demand that the Belgian bill that envisages punishment for denying the genocides, so that those who deny the Armenian Genocide can be punished, too.
		Laurette Onkelinx, the Belgian minister of Justice and the PS deputy Prime Minister, told the Belgian Senate on 17 November that "additional legal and historic research" is needed to ascertain what really happened in Armenia in 1915.
		The Belgian establishment, which includes the Socialists, is afraid of the growing electoral appeal of the Vlaams Belang (VB), a party which aims for Flemish independence, and there are municipal elections in the Fall of this year.
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Belgium (2164 words)

	LLRX -- Research Guide to Belgian Law
		He was secretary to the Belgian association of law librarians during the time that association existed (1990-1995).
		The Belgian state was formed as a constitutional monarchy in 1830, as a compromise between French and Dutch claims, appeased by the British government.
		The second chamber is The Senate and is reformed into a reflection chamber: it will only go over very important laws and it will discuss ethical-legal issues like euthanasia.
	www.llrx.com /features/belgian.htm (6502 words)

	The Flemish Republic
		Karim Van Overmeire, a VB member of the Belgian Senate, has been pressuring André Flahaut, the Belgian minister of Defense, for the exact number and other details of the private trips that the King and his family make with army planes.
		At first the minister told the senator that “the Belgian army does not keep records of who boards its planes.” However, the senator has learned from sources within the air force that the army keep records of all passengers on its flights.
		The Belgian taxpayers have to pay for the private trips of King Albert and his extended family, but they are “stupid” when they want to know how often their tax money is used and for what purpose.
	www.flemishrepublic.org /current_issue.php?id=49 (351 words)

	Welcome to the Belgian Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As Chairwoman of the Belgian Senate, I hope the information we provide on the World Wide Web will contribute to greater openness as this is essential to parliamentary democracy.
		html) This survey made by the Senate Legal Service is designed to give you in-depth information on the Parliament's organisation and activities, on the legal status of the Members of Parliament and on the election, dissolution and composition of the Federal Chambers.
		Chapters 4 and 5 of the report of the "Belgian Senate's Rwanda parliamentary commission of inquiry"
	www.senate.be /english/index.html (290 words)

	IOM Brussels - IOM Brussels and the EU
		IOM Brussels organized between September 27th - October 3rd 2004 in coordination with the IOM Missions in Kiev, Chisinau and Bucharest and the Belgian Embassies in Romania and Ukraine a one week study tour for the Senators of the Commission of Interior of the Belgian Senate.
		The study tour allowed the Senators of the Commission of Interior of the Belgian Senate to meet with Key Governmental representatives and Ministries dealing with the return and reintegration of rejected asylum seekers from third countries including Belgium, counter-trafficking and law-enforcement officers as well as border management agencies including border police and border check points.
		On October 6th 2004, a debriefing was given by the President of the Commission of Interior of the Belgian Senate, Mr.
	www.belgium.iom.int /News_Details.asp?sm=279 (504 words)

	MIFTAH--Peres a War Criminal
		A Belgian senate delegation visited Lebanon's memorial in the town of Qana Sunday, January 19th, 2002.
		Under the provisions of their constitution, Belgian courts may try anyone and have jurisdiction in cases of crimes committed against humanity.
		A group of Palestinian Belgian citizens have launched a case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for crimes he had committed against humanity over the 1982 massacres in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut.
	www.miftah.org /Display.cfm?DocId=458&CategoryId=11 (405 words)

	Who is Who ?
		A third limitation the Belgian State imposed on the Sayadis is the prohibition to be involved in arms trade.
		By way of Didier Seews, the Belgian premier Guy Verhofstadt made promises on national television on September 11, 2003, to finalize a report and if no objection could be found within 8 days, the procedure to remove the Saydi-Vinck family from the UN-list would be started.
		By way of Didier Seews, the Belgian premier made promises on Flemish national television on September 11, 2003, to finalize a report and if no objection could be found within 8 days, the procedure to remove the Saydi-Vinck family from the UN-list would be started.
	www.rightofdefence.be /id30.htm (424 words)

	Rwanda Belgians Families
		A special committee of the Belgian Senate is holding hearings on the Belgians' deaths on April 7, 1994, the day when Rwanda erupted in an orgy of bloodletting by Hutu extremists.
		Lotin and his men were taken to a Rwandan military base, where an officer accused Belgian troops of shooting down the president's plane.
		According to the Senate investigation, while Lotin's dwindling band was under attack at the base, Dallaire was on his way to a meeting at the Rwandan Ministry of Defense.
	www.orwelltoday.com /rwandabelgians3.shtml (1046 words)

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