Annuaire Europeen 2000/European Yearbook 2000The year 2000's most significant international event was, almost certainly, neither political nor military, but scientific - the announcement, in June, that the human genome had been almost totally decoded. Future generations may well see this as a major turning point, opening the way to radical changes in diagnosis, prognosis, and medical treatment. Often compared with the space programme, this vast enterprise still generates misgivings: this new power, which human beings now have, to modify the genetic heritage of living creatures raises fundamentally new ethical questions - and society as a whole will have to find the answers. In fact, the accelerating pace of scientific and technical progress seems to be reviving atavistic anxieties, some rational, others less so. Recent public-health crises, including the mad cow disease' scare, which lasted into 2000, have fuelled these fears. The public's rejection of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) - verging on a crusade in some countries - tells its own story. As regards conflict, 2000 saw the Middle East peace process grind to a halt, and the Intifada resume. In Europe, the situation in Kosovo and Chechnya, both the scenes of fighting in 1999, stayed precarious. Peace and democracy did score some successes, however, particularly in Europe: the centre-left's victory in Croatia, sweeping former President Tudjman's party off the scene, the democratic party's triumph in Bosnia, and the fall of the Milosevic regime in Serbia. |
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ECB 2 | 2 |
ECB 8 | 8 |
ECB | 11 |
UNION ECONOMIQUE BENELUX BENELUX | 12 |
Activities in 2000 Overview | 2 |
Responding to regional needs | 7 |
Human rights and fundamental freedoms C of E 9 | 9 |
COMMISSION CENTRALE POUR LA NAVIGATION DU RHIN CCNR | |
Relations with nonmember states and other international organisations ICCS 11 | 11 |
NORDIC COUNCIL AND NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS NC | 20 |
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ESA | |
2 | 1 |
ESO 2 | 2 |
Symposia and workshops ESO 12 | 12 |
STECF ESO 30 | 30 |
ORGANISATION POUR LA SÉCURITÉ DE LA NAVIGATION AÉRIENNE | |
of E | 23 |
Education culture and heritage youth and sport C of E | 45 |
Municipalities and regions C of E | 70 |
Facts and figures C of E | 87 |
Texts adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly C of E | 95 |
LISTE DES ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES | 116 |
CONFÉRENCE EUROPÉENNE DE LAVIATION CIVILE CEAC | 136 |
EUROPEAN CIVIL AVIATION CONFERENCE ECAC | 1 |
Environment ECAC 11 | 11 |
THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT ECMT | 1 |
CONFÉRENCE EUROPÉENNE DES MINISTRES DES TRANSPORTS CEMT | 1 |
Economic research statistics and documentation ECMT 21 | 21 |
External relations ECMT 40 | 40 |
CEPT | |
ORGANISATION EUROPÉENNE POUR DES RECHERCHES ASTRONOMIQUES | |
EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS CERN | |
Background CEPT 1 | 1 |
Instruments and publications ICCS 3 | 3 |
Partnership and consultation in RD EUROCONTROL 6 | |
OECD 2 | 2 |
Reforming the OECD OECD 5 | 5 |
OECD council meeting at ministerial level OECD 13 | 13 |
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE EPO | |
LOFFICE EUROPÉEN DES BREVETS OEB | 1 |
Performance report EPO 4 | 4 |
ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE OSCE | 1 |
Activities in the field OSCE 8 | 8 |
OSCE institutions OSCE 18 | 18 |
Report of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly OSCE 22 | 22 |
EUROPEAN UNION EU | 1 |
News in brief EU 7 | 7 |
UNION DE LEUROPE OCCIDENTALE UEO | |
WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION WEU | 1 |
Selective bibliography of periodical articles and books 2000 BIBL 1 | |
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