Nov. 01
Archive: November 2020
Nov. 01
Bush to attend UN dialogue on religions
“President Bush will join several other world leaders at a General Assembly meeting to promote a global dialogue about religions, cultures and common values, U.N. and U.S. officials said Friday.”
Nov. 02
Solana participates in the Brookings Institution launch of the ‘Managing Global Insecurity’ Project
Nov. 02
Mediterranean Union to meet Monday and Tuesday
“Foreign Ministers from all 43 states of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership meet in Marseille on 3-4 November to endorse plans for the mandate, structure and institutional governance of the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean.”
Nov. 05
Israel braces for Obama’s engagement in Middle East
“Israeli leaders have become accustomed to President George W. Bush’s reticence to push them into making tough decisions. In Barack Obama, they are bracing for a president who may not be so accommodating.”
Nov. 08
Solana interviewed by BBC World News on Obama win
In an interview with BBC World News, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Barack Obama’s victory is “very good” for Europe. (Scroll down to view video.)
Nov. 08
Solana congratulates Obama
Nov. 09
Israelis, Palestinians reaffirm Annapolis peace commitment
Israeli and Palestinian leaders renewed their commitment to the Annapolis process during a meeting with the Quartet held at Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik.
Nov. 10
U.S. supports ‘Defense Europe”
Nov. 11
EU-Russia talks may resume
Nov. 11
UN to host interfaith conference Wednesday and Thursday
World leaders including President Bush will gather in New York, Nov. 12-13, for a UN conference on interfaith cooperation. Watch the ‘Culture of Peace’ conference live here.
Nov. 13
Some 70 world leaders attend UN interfaith conference
“The importance of events such as the UN conference, and other similar efforts … are raising the prominent role that religious groups can play in global affairs.” (View the archives of the conference here.)
Nov. 14
US laissez-faire to battle European ‘social market’ at G20
“Ahead of the G20 meeting of the world’s leading industrialised and emerging economies this weekend, the president of the United States and the president of the European Commission have laid down their markers for what should be the solutions to save the global economy.”
Nov. 16
Reshaping of world financial system outlined
“[T]he gathering in Washington of the nearly two dozen nations — from every region of the world — reflected the new balance of power emerging … a wrenching process that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has dubbed ‘the birth pangs of this new global order’ … The Europeans got ‘virtually everything’ they sought at the summit, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.”
Nov. 17
Biden speaks with Solana
Nov. 18
Ratify Lisbon Treaty before June 2009 European elections, says Constitutional Affairs Committee
Nov. 19
PA to advertise Arab peace plan
Nov. 19
EU limits Israeli participation in its programs
“The European Union’s Parliament has conditioned continued Israeli participation in EU programs [the ENP] on the boycott of Israeli companies and organizations based in Judea, Samaria or eastern Jerusalem.”
Nov. 20
EULEX starts “regardless”
Nov. 20
UN presents Miquel Barcelo’s Alliance of Civilzations room
“[D]espite its diversity of appearances, the dome presents many pictorial similarities from any angle. Similarly, although the people of the world differ in color and perspective, we share some universal values.”
Nov. 21
EU wants early foreign policy focus from Obama: Solana
“The European Union’s foreign policy chief says he expects U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to move quickly to address top trans-Atlantic goals, including Middle East peace, negotiations with Iran and slowing global warming.”
Nov. 23
Bush hands over reins of U.S. economy to EU
“The results of the G-20 economic summit amount to nothing less than the seamless integration of the United States into the European economy.”
Nov. 25
Britain begins national ID plan
Nov. 27
Clinton, Obama and Israel
Nov. 28
UN General Assembly adopts six resolutions on Middle East
“Following two days of sometimes contentious debate on the conflict in the Middle East and the plight of the Palestinian people, the General Assembly today adopted by recorded vote six resolutions meant to promote the Palestinian people’s rights and limit Israel’s actions in Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan.”
Nov. 30
Obama to restore UN ambassador’s post to Cabinet rank
“To reinforce his intention to work more closely with the United Nations after the tensions of President Bush’s tenure, Mr. Obama plans to restore the ambassador’s post to cabinet rank.”
Nov. 02
Solana in Washington this week
Nov. 05
EU to choose a president and foreign minister by Nov. 15
“In less than two weeks – Nov. 12 or 15, depending on scheduling – the Council of Europe is expected to decide on its first president, a ‘George Washington of Europe,’ and on a high representative for foreign affairs.”
Nov. 07
Ban Ki-moon urges faith leaders to impact climate deal
“U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged religious leaders on Tuesday to push their governments to take bolder action on climate change at a key U.N. summit next month.”
Nov. 07
All for One?
“The Lisbon Treaty creates an EU president, sure. But it’s the new foreign policy czar who might really change the world.”
Nov. 09
EU leaders to discuss top jobs at Berlin dinner
“The [EU] leaders will try to agree on the two posts at a dinner in the German capital on Monday (9 November) evening, with Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeld having taken soundings in recent days from his EU peers.”
Nov. 10
Europe on the rise
Newsweek reveals “How the financial crisis could leave Europe even stronger than America”
Nov. 10
The illusive foreign minister — who will it be?
Filling Javier Solana’s shoes is proving to be very challenging for EU leaders.
Nov. 15
Erekat: PA planning to declare statehood
“The Palestinian Authority is mobilizing international support for declaring statehood, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Saturday. … The concept was first proposed by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, he said.”
Nov. 17
EU top jobs summit could drag on for days
“A deal on the EU top jobs remains far from reach ahead of a special summit on Thursday (19 November) that could require a follow-up meeting the next day.”
Nov. 19
Decision time looms for EU top jobs
“After weeks of speculation and recriminations over a lack of transparency, EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday evening (19 November) to decide who will take up the new posts created under the Lisbon Treaty. … But the lack of consensus over either of the posts means a dark horse may yet steal the show.”
Nov. 19
Baroness Ashton becomes Europe’s first foreign minister
“A British politician was tonight celebrating after becoming Europe’s first ‘foreign minister.’”
Nov. 27
The EU’s ‘nice’ stich-up
Nov. 30
Developing: Baroness Ashton ‘scandal’?
“Baroness Ashton of Upholland’s past came back to haunt her yesterday when the European Union’s new foreign affairs chief was forced to deny taking funds from the Soviet Union during her days as treasurer for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.”
Nov. 06
EU commissioner: Upgraded ties depend on peace
“Israel’s prospects for an upgraded relationship with the European Union will have to wait for a ‘decisive breakthrough’ in the peace process. So the EU’s commissioner for enlargement, and for the European neighborhood policy, has made clear to The Jerusalem Post.”
Nov. 15
New settlement freeze expected to pass Israeli security cabinet by one vote
“By a margin of one, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to pass his proposal for a 90-day settlement freeze when he brings the matter before the 15-member security cabinet.”
Nov. 26
How the EU could entice Israel to seek peace (hint: it involves the ENP)
Guardian columnist Khaled Diab says the European Union should “focus on a gradual, but systematic, downgrading of Europe’s relationship with Israel for as long as no progress is made to resolve the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict.”