Sommaire: May 28, 2002: Weekly Highlights. India/Pakistan, East Timor, the European Parliament and more.
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The EU said both New Delhi and Islamabad had to make the necessary efforts to avoid a spiral of confrontation of unpredictable consequences. In this sense, the EU stressed that the common enemy for everybody is terrorism, wherever and against whomever it is directed. For further comments please click here.
At the UN Security Council, the EU congratulated East Timor on its independence and affirmed its support for the financing of UNMISET which replaces the successful UNTAET Mission there.
In his address to the European Parliament, Commissioner Nielson said the EU is in the process of identifying a series of key priorities for common action deriving from its Sustainable Development Strategy to present to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. The EC intends to promote specific initiatives for partnerships in the fields of water, energy, health, education, trade, forests, fisheries and governance. For further information please click here. In anticipation of the World Food Summit in Rome on 10-13 June, Commissioner Nielson reiterated the political will of the European Community to support realistic and sustainable recommendations to meet the challenges of the fight against hunger both at national and international level. Additional comments can be found here.
At its last plenary session, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the EU and the UN to work with the African Union to bring about a swift solution to the crisis facing Madagascar. Another resolution dealt with Zimbabwe. Texts of both resolutions are due to be forwarded to the United Nations.
The EU took various budgetary initiatives during the past fortnight. It reviewed proposals stemming from the events of September 2001 to enhance the physical security of UN buildings, to provide for the effective functioning of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and to help the functioning of the Counter-Terrorism Committee; the funding of peace-keeping operations; and other budgetary matters.
During the past few days, issues of further interest include:
* The European Commission decided to provide €2 million to help victims of civil strife and drought in Somalia; a further €1.5 million to help tackle the growing food crisis in Malawi; adopted a five year strategy for cooperation with Pakistan worth €165 million including €50 million to build banking and business; a €71.9 million programme to support the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Stabilisation and Association process; €68.7 million earmarked for Cambodia and €18 million for Lao PDR prioritising rural, social and trade sector development in the latter two cases.
* A full record of the EU's statements at the Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva during 7-10 May can be found here, including further documents indicated in the left-hand column dealing - inter alia - with technical assistance, the World Summit on Information Technology; economic aspects of security in Europe; and the UN ECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing.
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