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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 225/98 by Pertti PAASIO to the Commission. Commemoration day for concentration camp victims
Date: 1998-02-13
Institutions: European Parliament, PAASIO
Subjects: National Socialism, commemoration, cultural event, customs and traditions, deportee, history, war, war victim

C 223/142

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 7. 98

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(24 March 1998)

1.
At 15 January 1998 the number of national experts on secondment employed at the Commission totalled
647. The breakdown by nationality is given in the table sent direct to the Honourable Member and Parliament(cid:146)s
Secretariat.

2. and 3.
as follows:

On the same date a total of 17 temporary staff held posts as advisers. The breakdown by nationality is

Belgium
Germany
Greece
France
Italy
Austria
Sweden
United Kingdom

1
2
1
7
2
1
1
2

(98/C 223/186)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0225/98

by Pertti Paasio (PSE) to the Commission

(13 February 1998)

Subject: Commemoration day for concentration camp victims

In the great changes in world history, it is more and more becoming the role of the European Union to stress the
importance of democracy and human rights. To give it credibility in this important area, the European Union
must not forget its own history, in which respect for human rights was not always uppermost. The fate of the
millions of victims of the Nazi concentration camps is an abiding reminder of this.

Even from within the European Parliament, opinions have been heard describing the concentration camps and
the millions of lives lost there as a minor detail. The European Union should oppose in the clearest possible terms
the dissemination of this kind of opinion among the people of Europe. For this reason it would be desirable for
the European Union to appoint a special commemoration day for the victims of the Nazi concentration camps.

What  measures  does  the  Commission  propose  to  take  to  announce  the  institution  within  the  EU  of  a
historically-based commemoration day for concentration camp victims?

Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission

(16 March 1998)

The matter to which reference is made does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Community.

(98/C 223/187)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0228/98

by Luciano Vecchi (PSE) to the Commission

(30 January 1998)

Subject: Aid to the Kurdish population in northern Iraq

At  the  end  of  1997  ECHO  suspended  its  aid  to  humanitarian  action  in  support  of  the  Kurdish  population  in
northern Iraq.

This  decision  has  had  serious  repercussions  on  living  conditions  for  the  communities  concerned  and  is
preventing  humanitarian  organizations  working  in  the  region  from  carrying  out  their  humanitarian  aid  and
rehabilitation activities.