Sommaire: 9 October 2007, Brussels - The EU is closely following the situation in the Somali region of Ethiopia. It welcomes the report on the findings from the UN Humanitarian Assessment Mission to the Somali region, taking note with concern of the report's conclusion that humanitarian conditions within the conflict areas have deteriorated substantially over the past several months.
The EU commends the Ethiopian government for its reaction to the report and calls upon it to follow up all recommendations of the mission, including actions to protect civilians in conflict, and welcomes its stated willingness to ensure that the humanitarian needs of the population in the Somali region of Ethiopia are properly addressed.
The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia align themselves with this declaration.
* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
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