Resolution on the air disaster at Ustica
Date: 1999-10-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, NATO, air transport, judicial cooperation, transport accident

C 107/110

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

13.4.2000

Thursday 7 October 1999

11.
Calls on the Council, the Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
to give priority in the allocation of reconstruction aid to those municipalities that protect and prevent
violence and discrimination against ethnic minorities and persons on the grounds of their political affilia-
tion;

12.
Calls on the Commission and the Council to offer specific support for programmes facilitating a
dialogue between representatives of the Albanian majority in Kosovo and representatives of minority
groups, such as the Roma, as well as to other confidence-building measures;

13.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN and the
UN Interim Civil Administration in Kosovo, OSCE, NATO and to the Secretary General’s Deputy Special
Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in Kosovo.

7. Aviation accident at Ustica

B5-0148, 0156, 0160, 0162 and 0176/1999

Resolution on the air disaster at Ustica

The European Parliament,

A. whereas on 27 June 1980 a DC9 aeroplane flying from Bologna to Palermo with 81 passengers on

board was shot down in unknown circumstances,

B. whereas the European public has monitored developments in this affair with great interest; whereas
the ‘Association of families of the victims of the Ustica disaster’ has played a tireless part in the search
for the truth on the matter,

C. whereas it is of vital importance to the future safety of all EU citizens and their continued trust in the

civilian and military authorities for the truth on a matter such as this to be brought to light,

D. whereas for many years no progress could be made in the enquiries and investigations conducted by
Italian magistrates, owing inter alia to a lack of cooperation on the part of some authorities in Italy
and other countries, and in NATO,

E. whereas over recent weeks the Italian magistrates have submitted the findings of further investigations,

F. whereas it is imperative that full cooperation from the relevant authorities in France, the United King-
dom, the United States and NATO and, possibly, other States identified or to be identified, is secured
in order to determine exactly who is responsible for the air disaster,

G. noting the Italian Government’s decision to forward to the countries concerned those parts of the
findings which refer specifically to their role, with a view to making an official request for cooper-
ation,

1.
Calls on all the States concerned, starting with those referred to directly in the legal documents, to
provide the Italian magistrates with the assistance they require in order to complete the investigations;
calls furthermore on the Council, in accordance with the principle of transparency that is an integral part
of the Treaties, to request such cooperation from the States concerned;

2.
Calls on the Council and the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to undertake
coordinated action in order to enforce more effective rules to ensure the safety of civilian air traffic in
relation to NATO and national military activity;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of

3.
the Member States, the Government of the United States and the Secretary-General of NATO.