Millions of people around the world from 45 countries are demanding that Israel “Stop the war on Gaza.” The international community is showing its solidarity with Gaza and Palestine and protesting.

PROTOCOLE UNIVERSEL D’ETHIQUE AU PLAN DES RELATIONS INSTITUTIONNELLES ET GOUVERNEMENTALES (VERSION FRANCAISE)

Définition

Les relations gouvernementales représentent les efforts systématiques entrepris pour influencer les actions et politiques de gouvernement aux fins d’atteindre des objectifs particuliers ou de protéger des intérêts particuliers en public et de façon à ce que ces activités aient un effet positif pour les praticiens et décideurs concernés.

AALEP has elaborated a Universal Protocol on Ethics in Institutional and Government Relations based on research and analysis of existing codes throughout the world. This code reflects the complementary nature existing between the different national association codes. It brings the common strands found in the various national codes to provide one common building block. We encourage institutional and government relations national associations to adopt this code. By doing so, we will be able to strengthen the influence of our industry among constituents around the world.    

European governments have agreed to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia, targeting state-owned banks, imposing an arms embargo, and restricting sales of sensitive technology and export of equipment for the country's oil industry, in response to Moscow's continued backing for separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The punitive measures are  the most extensive EU sanctions imposed on Russia since the cold war.

AALEP has entered into a Protocol of Cooperation with ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE RELAÇÃOS INSTUTIONAIS E GOVERNAMENTAIS (ABRIG) (Brazilian Association of Institutional and Government Relations ) in Brasilia.

The European Union appears powerless to stop the violence and the deadly conflict that has erupted in Gaza. As the Gaza death toll mounts given Europe’s role as Israel’s top trade partner and the biggest aid donor to the Palestinians, the EU should be able to exercise more influence and use its economic weight to put pressure on the belligerents.

This article below has been co-authored by Manuel Hassassian and Raphael Cohen-Almagor. It has been edited somewhat by AALEP. His Excellency Ambassador Manuel Hassassian is the PLO ambassador to the UK. He was a consultant to UNESCO, the Palestinian Negotiating Team on Refugee Final Settlement, and Minister of State Affairs – Head of the Jerusalem File.

Thailand is roughly the size of France (200,000 sq. miles). With a population of 67 million Thailand has managed to transform its economy from one that was previously agriculture-based to one of the most diverse in the region. As well as agriculture, major industries include food processing, cement, integrated circuits, automotive parts and assembly, petroleum products, textiles, footwear, toys, furniture, synthetic fibre and tourism. The country has a well developed infrastructure, a free enterprise economy and generally pro-investment policies.

Just as the EU is trying its best to revive a stagnant economy, attempting to mend a fragile debt market and tackle high unemployment, sanctions against Russia will hurt the economies of major EU member states such as Germany,  Britain, Italy, Holland and France  with Germany being hit the hardest.

As a block, the European Union exports about € 100 billion worth of goods and services to Russia and takes in roughly € 200 million of the latter's imports.

Germany

Sanctions and retaliation are obviously a negative sum game. If countries stop their cooperation in certain areas, both sides lose. Sanctions are part of a political game of escalation in which both sides signal how much value they put on an issue.

The EU has found it hard to find a cohesive position towards Russia. Nevertheless, the EU sanctions list now affect 87 people and 20 organisations, all deemed to be directly linked to the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. The EU is also due to decide next week on the first significant financial sanctions to be imposed