UfM Activity report 2015

The Mediterranean is facing challenges on an unprecedented scale linked to terrorism, extremism, radicalism and xenophobia, the tragedy of the refugee crisis and illegal migration, whereby tens of thousands of people are risking their lives to cross the region. The magnitude of these pressing and serious challenges calls, more than ever, to further consolidate the Euro-Mediterranean regional cooperation and an enhanced common regional agenda for the Mediterranean. These regional challenges call for regional solutions. At the informal Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Conference in Barcelona, on 26 November 2015, exactly 20 years after the launch of the Barcelona Process, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Member States of the UfM, and their representatives, under the chairmanship of Ms Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Mr Nasser Judeh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, unanimously expressed their common commitment to work together on a deepened and operational regional cooperation in order to tackle these challenges.

Author: Union for the Mediterranean

May 2015