Denmark’s Minister for Trade and Investment, Mrs. Pia Olsen Dyhr, has agreed with her Japanese counterpart, Mr. Yukio Edano, Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, that the EU and Japan should aim at quickly finalizing the scoping of an EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement.
Joint Declaration from the International Consultation on Good Practices and Strategies to Eliminate Caste-Based Discrimination by governments, civil society, national and international institutions and agencies, held in Kathmandu on 29 November – 1 December 2011.
The Government of Denmark has agreed to provide grant assistance of DKK 125 million (equivalent to NRs 1785 million) to the Government of Nepal for the continuation of School Sector Reform Program (SSRP).
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is hosting an international conference on Somalia on 23 February 2012 in London. Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Villy Søvndal, has been invited to attend to contribute to the political process in Somalia. Security, stability and piracy will also be discussed at the conference, and Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Christian Friis Bach, will attend the conference to discuss humanitarian issues.
The Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Villy Søvndal, participated in two debates of the European Parliament on Syria and on the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the EU’s High Representative.
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The Danish Presidency calls on the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian and development funding to avoid a severe food security crisis in the Sahel-region. We cannot accept famines and large-scale nutrition emergencies in the 21st century.
The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and Danida have the pleasure of inviting you to a public meeting with the Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach.
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Please note: The deadline for submission of papers is 1. February 2012. The authors of the three best papers will have the opportunity to discuss their papers with the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs and the winner will also receive the prize of 30.000 DKK.