New leadership team for European Union

19 November 2009, Brussels – The top posts created by the Lisbon treaty were filled by Herman Van Rompuy, who will leave his post of Belgian Prime Minister to become the President of the European Council, and Catherine Ashton, currently EU Trade Commissioner, who will assume the post of High Representative for Foreign Affairs

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• 20 November 2009
  • EU welcomes unanimous UN adoption of Rights of the Child resolution on 20th Anniversary of Convention
  • EU marks 20 years of Rights of the Child and Looks Ahead
• 19 November 2009
  • EU Presidency Statement – United Nations General Assembly: Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
  • Informal Meeting of EU Heads of State or Government appoints Van Rompuy new EU Council President and Ashton new High Representative for Foreign Affairs
  • Intervention of H.E. Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, New President of EU Council
  • New leadership team for European Union
  • Nigeria signs € 677 million EU Development Fund agreement to support governance, trade and peace actions
• 18 November 2009
  • Lisbon Treaty: Background information on the role of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European External Action Service
  • Lisbon Treaty: Background information on the role of the President of the European Council
  • Statement by President Barroso at the EU-Russia Summit on Climate Change