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	Michel Rocard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michel Rocard (born August 23, 1930) is a French Socialist politician, former French Prime minister, and currently a member of the European Parliament.
		He was born at Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) in a Protestant family, son of the nuclear physicist Yves Rocard.
		Michel Rocard is known for his hostility for the proposed directives to allow software patents in Europe, and has been an outspoken opponent of what he considers to be sneaky manoeuvres to force the decision on this issue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michel_Rocard (778 words)

	UNCTAD Press Release TAD/INF/2739 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard considered that, with regard to the trade preferences for ACP countries, it might therefore be appropriate either to reach an agreement within the WTO on a longer transition period, or else for Europe to establish trade arrangements with the ACP countries that were compatible with WTO rules, while providing compensation to soften the blow.
		Rocard said that a general waiver for asymmetrical preferences that were subject to annual consideration by the WTO would create instability in each product, inhibiting private investment.
		Rocard suggested that one novel dimension which could be included in the future convention would be the professional training of citizens of ACP countries within the EU.
	r0.unctad.org /en/Press/pr2739en.htm (966 words)

	INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER-PALESTINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard, who is also a well-known member of the French Socialist Party, was delivering a lecture at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on June 16, in which he said that the Balfour promise England gave to the Jews to create a national homeland for them in Palestine was a "mistake".
		Rocard also drew attention to the fact that Israel was also historically created on a racist basis, depending on armed conflict to set its borders.
		Rocard referred to the colonization of the Arab world, of which his country was involved in, as the main reason behind the current state of violence and conflict in the Middle East.
	www.ipc.gov.ps /ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_06/112.html (276 words)

	Michel Rocard Biography / Biography of Michel Rocard Biography Biography
		Michel Rocard (born 1930) was one of the most respected politician on the French left in the period from 1965 into the 1990s.
		Michel Rocard was born on August 23, 1930, in the outskirts of Paris.
		In 1958 Rocard was part of a group of socialists who left the SFIO and with other activists formed the new Unified Socialist Party (PSU).
	www.bookrags.com /biography-michel-rocard (243 words)

	INCORE : About :Specialist Units
		On May 8 2003, Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France from 1988-91, delivered a lecture on conflict resolution at the Magee campus.
		Rocard chaired the negotiations which led to the Matignon Accords, designed to bring an end to violence in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
		Mr Rocard spoke on the dynamics involved in conflict resolution – referring to the specifics of his own diplomatic experience.
	www.incore.ulst.ac.uk /about/specialist/TON/rocard.html (80 words)

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		Michel Rocard, MEP and Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission – West Bank and Gaza 2005, and an accompanying delegation consisting of: Nuala Haughey, Press Officer; Dr. Harald Has, Security Officer; and Michel Paternotre, Political Officer at the European Commission Technical Assistance Office (West Bank, Gaza Strip).
		Rocard, and the accompanying delegation on the restrictions imposed by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on the freedom of movement resulting from the complete closure of Rafah Terminal on the Egyptian border, the only outlet for the Gaza Strip to the outside world.
		Rocard, and his delegation, within the framework of their capacity and mandate, would intervene with the Israeli authorities to try and facilitate the reopening of the Rafah Terminal to facilitate better access for Palestinian election monitors across the OPT, including into al Mawasi and al Sayafa.
	www.pchrgaza.org /files/PressR/English/2004/159-2004.htm (723 words)

	israelinsider: diplomacy: Former French PM: Israel's creation a "historic mistake" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard drew attention to the fact that Israel was historically created on a "racist basis," depending on armed conflict to set its borders.
		Rocard, who served as prime minister of France between 1988 and 1991, is a front-running candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament, EUobserver.com reported last week.
		Rocard wrote: "You are producing worldwide anti-Israelism, and people like me, who have fought anti-Semitism since they were very young, are powerless to hold back the torrent of anger and hatred to which you have opened the floodgates.
	web.israelinsider.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l3768&enZone=Diplomacy&enVersion=0& (493 words)

	French official: Israel’s establishment a mistake - Jerusalem Newswire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard’s jab at Israel echoed traditional French enmity towards the Jewish state, which also resulted this week in newly appointed Foreign Minister Michael Barnier meeting with mass Jew killer Yasser Arafat, while spurning a state visit to Jerusalem.
		Rocard referred to Israel as a state based on racism that depended on armed conflict to set its borders.
		Recent reports indicate Rocard, a current EU parliamentarian, is a front-running candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament.
	www.jnewswire.com /library/article.php?articleid=247 (386 words)

	AllRefer.com - Michel Rocard (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In May, 1991, he was replaced by Edith Cresson.
		Rocard served as head of the Socialist party from 1993 to 1994.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Michel Rocard
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rocard-M.html (237 words)

	CULT 2002/12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The chairman of the European Parliament's Cultural Affairs Commission (CULT), Michel Rocard, proposes amendments to the Software Patentability Directive which are intended to exclude patents on program logic and limit patentability to the field of engineering with forces of nature.
		Rocard's amendments constitute the first counter-proposal of an official EU institution where the content actually corresponds to the packaging.
		Rocard's proposal is however the first counter-proposal of an official EU institution which attempts to address the problems seriously, honestly and constructively.
	swpat.ffii.de /papers/eubsa-swpat0202/cult0212 (1537 words)

	Le Parti socialiste unifié
		Rocard was attacked by many currents on his left (Trotskyists, Maoists, and left-populists) for working with reformists and the old Communist Party.
		Rocard himself, so convinced that the PSU's ideas of autogestion would be better achieved as a left wing in the Socialist Party (PS), that he initiated unity talks with the PS in 1974.
		The merger was soon rejected by two-thirds of the PSU rank and file, and Rocard left the party to join the Socialists in 1974.
	reds.linefeed.org /psu.html (658 words)

	Showdown looms over patenting bill - Boston.com - Technology - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard, a former Prime Minister of France, was not immediately available for comment.
		Rocard wants a narrow approach to patenting, to effectively include only "programmable apparatus" or hardware applications such as an ABS braking system or a machine to pump insulin.
		In his latest version of the bill, Rocard has proposed changing the name of the directive to patentability of 'computer controlled invention' from 'computer implemented inventions'.
	www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2005/06/17/showdown_looms_over_patenting_bill (630 words)

	European Union \| Election Observation Mission West Bank & Gaza 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michel Rocard was born in 1930 in Courbevoie, France.
		Mr Rocard served as minister of planning and regional development from 1981-83 and then as minister of agriculture from 1983-85.
		Mr Rocard was re-elected to the European Parliament in June 2004.
	www.eueomwbg.org /chief_obs.htm (223 words)

	TIME Europe \| France TIME Trail: May 23, 1988 - Holding Most of the Cards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Over the next 48 hours he gave France a new Premier, moderate Socialist Michel Rocard; a new 26-member Cabinet that includes six non- Socialist independents; and a cautious start toward a new consensus-seeking and brand of politics.
		In a televised statement, he announced that he was dissolving the National Assembly and summoning voters to the polls on June 5 and 12.
		Rocard, 57, is a pragmatic self-described social democrat who launched an aborted challenge to Mitterrand's candidacy in 1981 and opposed the sweeping nationalizations that followed the Socialist victory that year.
	www.time.com /time/europe/timetrails/france/france880523.html (930 words)

	Agence France Presse French: Rocard et Delors à Matignon sur l'action stratégique de l'Etat@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard et Delors à Matignon sur l'action stratégique de l'Etat
		Jean-Pierre Raffarin s'est entretenu mercredi avec l'ancien Premier ministre Michel Rocard et l'ancien président de la Commission européenne Jacques Delors des "grands choix" stratégiques de la France pour les "20 ans à venir".
		Jean-Pierre Raffarin s'est entretenu mercredi avec l'ancien Premier ministre Michel Rocard et l'ancien président de la Commission européenne Jacques...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:79628421&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (177 words)

	EU prefers 'computer-aided' patents - Printer friendly - ZDNet UK News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Now, Michel Rocard, the rapporteur for the EP's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), has drafted amendments to the directive which, if agreed by the committee next week, will be voted on by MEPs in a plenary session of the European Parliament in July.
		Rocard has proposed that the expression 'computer-aided invention' should be used rather than 'computer-implemented invention' throughout the directive text, including the title of the directive.
		Some of the proposed amendments revert to the changes introduced by the European Parliament in the first reading, which were later removed by the EU Council.
	www.zdnet.co.uk /print?TYPE=story&AT=39203722-39020651t-10000022c (485 words)

	News > Symposium, Libreville, Gabon, 18-19 nov. 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Association took part in the Symposium on access to water and energy organised by VELOIA in Libreville, Gabon, during which Michel Clerc was able to represent the association and its proposals.
		Finally, Michel Rocard pointed out that, often, the State is unfortunately held in disrepute in developing countries.
		Similarly, tariffs must be sustainable and the roles of the various players need to be clarified: public authorities must clearly define public service missions and establish the rights and duties of players on a formal basis.
	www.energiesosfutur.org /pages/eng/pages/4_action/action_gabon_1104.html (897 words)

	[ffii] French former PM condemns software patents
		Michel Rocard MEP, former prime minister of France, today condemned software patents in an interview with the French newspaper Liberation.
		That is a conviction I have as a social democrat." Rocard is one of the most senior and influential figures in the EU parliament's Social Democrat group, the PSE, and wrote the official opinion on software patents of the parliament's Culture committee.
		But Rocard's position is diametrically opposed to that of another member of the PSE, the UK Labour party's Arlene McCarthy.
	lists.ffii.org /pipermail/news/2003-July/000157.html (1146 words)

	Bad News for French Socialists
		Rocard then made the mistake of challenging Mitterrand's leadership and of treating him as a man of the past.
		Rocard was thus traveling to Toulouse to reach an inevitable compromise, but also to be the star of the show.
		Rocard, who used to challenge Mitterrand for the title of Man of the Future, is now 55; Fabius is 39.
	www.thenation.com /doc/19851130/singer (1869 words)

	UNCTAD - High-level Event of the Trainfortrade Workshop on International Commercial Diplomacy and Policy. Address by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michel Rocard on: Cooperation between the European Union and developing countries: New perspectives, Geneva, 28 January 1998
		Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of the Government of France and President of the Commission of Development and Cooperation of the European Parliament, will deliver an address on the topic of "Cooperation between the European Union and developing countries: New perspectives" on 28 January 1998.
		Rocard will deal mainly with the new perspectives of cooperation between the European Union and the ACP countries within the framework of the Lomé Convention and after the year 2000.
	r0.unctad.org /en/special/c3t4t.htm (169 words)

	Visit to Australia by Former French PM, Michel Rocard, AC - Media release - Minister for Foreign Affairs
		Visit to Australia by Former French PM, Michel Rocard, AC As part of its program of support for the bicentenary of French navigator Nicolas Baudin’s voyage of discovery to Australia, my department is sponsoring a visit to Australia by Mr Michel Rocard, AC, from 6 to 18 August.
		Mr Rocard is a former Prime Minister of France (1988-1991) and a Member of the European Parliament.
		Mr Rocard was appointed an honorary Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) in February 1992 for his eminent service to Australia/French relations and the preservation of the Antarctic environment.
	www.dfat.gov.au /media/releases/foreign/2001/fa119_01.html (456 words)

	EU in-fighting could scupper patent legislation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard, who drew up the parliament's culture committee's report on the legislation in 2003, a declared "supporter of free software", said at the time, "The patentability of software is likely to create a terrifying financial and legal threat, weighing down on software creators."
		Francisco Mingorance of the Business Software Alliance, in Brussels, said that as Rocard has not shown any sympathy to the directive in the past "we can only hope he will be sufficiently open to the view of persons and groups which have a different opinion".
		However, Mingorance doubts that Rocard will be able to impose his views on the rest of the committee and the parliament.
	www.computerweekly.com /articles/article.asp?liArticleID=133992&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=2&liChannelID=28&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1 (490 words)

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	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/Rocard-M1.asp (202 words)

	Bonjour Tristesse
		Michel Rocard, the aging Socialist heir apparent, is desperately fighting to preserve his chance of succession.
		Michel Rocard, Mitterrand's unwanted successor, provided the only novelty of this campaign, the announcement that after this election he will start a "big bang," a new party or movement--with members ranging from reformed or converted Communists to liberal conservatives and including both Socialists and ecologists--that will reshape French politics.
		In 1968 he belonged to Rocard's P.S.U. Thereafter he was active among ecologists, whom he represented In the 1981 presidential election.
	www.thenation.com /doc/19930405/singer (2594 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Palestinian election monitors report only minor incidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rocard confirmed that there had been two main complaints, one concerning the supposedly indelible ink which voters had stamped on their thumbnails to prevent double-voting and another over voting in east Jerusalem.
		Rocard said that there had also been complaints among voters trying to cast their ballots at a post office in east Jerusalem who were prevented from doing so even though they appeared to have the right to do so.
		A spokesman for the central elections commission confirmed that there had been problems with registrations in east Jerusalem but added that the issue was ironed out after the intervention of former US president Jimmy Carter who is also among the observers.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/57c37e0790013d8bc1256f84004f6636 (272 words)

	Terrorism and the New US Foreign Policy: Views from Abroad - Council on Foreign Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michel Rocard, the former prime minister of France, is on the far left.
		Rocard said, just to agree with it and to kind of use it as a way of amplifying my original remarks.
		And Michel is absolutely right…that can’t be done on a unilateral basis.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=4107 (7643 words)

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