December 3rd: International Day of Disabled Persons

19/12/2007 :: As a part of the Council of Europe’s (CoE) focus on social cohesion, a ten year Disability Action Plan was adopted in September 2006. The Action Plan to promote the rights and full participation in society of people with disabilities : improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in Europe 2006-2015 is a considerable programme, proposed jointly by Nordic and Baltic countries at the 2005 Warsaw Summit and adopted in 2006. + More

19/12/2007 :: The Council of Europe deals with a wide range of issues, all anchored in the three core values set out at the Warsaw Summit in 2005. These core values are democracy, rule of law and human rights. Social cohesion is one of the major areas within which all these values can be implemented, in addition to it being an important value in itself. + More

03/02/2006 :: Drugs is the largest illegal trade in the world, followed by weapons and human trafficking.The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) estimates that 1.5 million Europeans need help in terms of medical care and social support. + More

02/02/2006 :: Established in 1964, the European Pharmacopoeia was set up to harmonise medical standards to make drugs safer for the consumers. The harmonisation, with the implied national requirements, also has the advantage of facilitating imports and exports of medicines. The European pharmacopoeia, in collaboration with the EU, is mainly concerned with the quality aspect of European medicines policy and covers all phases from composition, manufacturing, marketing and quality control. + More