WRITTEN QUESTION E-1209/01 by André Brie (GUE/NGL) to the Council. UNMIK's crime statistics.
Date: 2001-04-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Kosovo, NATO, UN Security Council, arrest, crime, multinational force

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According to the information received from the Member State authorities, these projects have not received
funding in the framework of the structural funds.

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985.
(2) OJ L 73, 14.3.1997.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1173/01

by AndrØ Brie (GUE/NGL) to the Council

(24 April 2001)

Subject: Disarming the UCK since the end of 2000

Referring to my Written Question E-2287/00 (1) of 11 July 2000, on illegal arms dumps and armed
incidents in Kosovo, and the relevant reply of 20 November 2000, would the Council say:

1. How many rifles, pistols, support weapons, machine guns and mortars, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft
weapons, explosive devices and rounds of ammunition KFOR has collected in Kosovo since the end of
2000?

2. How many illegal arms dumps UNMIK and/or KFOR has discovered since the end of 2000?

3. What information there is on the existence of other illegal arms dumps in Kosovo?

(1) OJ C 113 E, 18.4.2001, p. 80.

(2001/C 340 E/217)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1209/01

by AndrØ Brie (GUE/NGL) to the Council

(24 April 2001)

Subject: UNMIK(cid:146)s crime statistics

With reference to the crime statistics compiled by UNMIK (http://www.civpol.org/unmik/statistics.htm),
which list in detail which crimes were committed in Kosovo and where (and the ethnic group to which the
victim or victims belonged), can the Council indicate:

(cid:129) how many arrests were made subsequent to those crimes, and

(cid:129) how many of those arrested were actually convicted?

The Council should restrict itself in its answer to the period from the date on which UNMIK took over
police duties in Kosovo to the beginning of 2001.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-1173/01 and E-1209/01

(20 July 2001)

The Council is very concerned about the quantity of illegal arms in Kosovo, which contribute to violence
and to the level of criminality not only in Kosovo, but also in the whole region. In answering to the
Honourable Member(cid:146)s question last year, the Council pointed out that the EU has no direct responsibility
for public order and security in Kosovo, including the establishing of relevant crime statistics. Following
UN Security Council Resolution 1244, these are matters entirely in the hands of UNMIK (United Nations
Mission in Kosovo) and KFOR (the NATO Kosovo Force). Both report regularly, to the United Nations
Secretary General and Security Council and to NATO (including on the issues raised by the Honourable
Member).

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including on the
The Council strongly supports the full
important and delicate aspects referred to by the Honourable Member. It also applauds the efforts deployed
by UNMIK and KFOR as well as the success they achieved in combating criminality and the illegal
trafficking of arms.

implementation of UNSC Resolution 1244,

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WRITTEN QUESTION P-1177/01

by SØrgio Marques (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 April 2001)

Subject: Financial aid to Venezuela

On 20 January 2000, the European Parliament adopted a resolution, voicing EU solidarity with, and
support for, the Venezuelan people in the wake of the appalling flooding of December 1999. Even before
the resolution was adopted, the Commission had made € 3,6 million available in emergency aid via ECHO,
a sum later increased by € 3,5 million once the exceptional importance of this aid had become apparent,
in terms of the sheer needs of those affected by the immediate impact of the disaster. The speed and
efficiency with which this aid was dispatched merits all due acknowledgement and praise.

An ad hoc EP delegation, of which I was a member, travelled to the worst-hit areas in February 2000, and
we saw with our own eyes not only the vast scale of the disaster, but also just how important the EU aid
was, both in terms of providing humanitarian aid to those affected, and of the work of reconstruction in
the areas hit. Following the delegation(cid:146)s visit, Parliament adopted a resolution on the reconstruction and
rehabilitation of the areas affected by the floods, proposing that € 100 million worth of aid be allocated for
this purpose.

In the wake of this resolution, the European Union made available some € 60 million to help the task of
reconstruction in the areas hit by the floods and for disaster-prevention measures, the money being found
under various budgetary headings (Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Measures for the countries of Latin
America; Technical and Financial Cooperation with Developing Countries in Latin America).

In the meantime, more than one Commission delegation has travelled to Venezuela to sound out the
relevant authorities as to the project(cid:146)s to be funded in the areas deemed to be priorities.

Can the Commission answer the following:

(cid:129) Why has not one single euro been spent in support of reconstruction work and disaster-prevention,

over fifteen months after the VARGS disaster?

(cid:129) When will the aid finally begin, what are the areas deemed to constitute priorities, and what projects

are to be funded?

(cid:129) How has the coordination of international aid been implemented?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(17 May 2001)

Immediately following the floods in Venezuela, the Commission mobilised emergency aid, through its
humanitarian office, ECHO. Since the end of December 1999, the Commission has approved four
Decisions for a total amount of € 7,15 million, including 20 humanitarian operations (1). All humanitarian
operations have already been completed, except one that is about to conclude in May 2001.

The Commission decided in September 2000 (2)
to assist reconstruction in the area and envisages
allocating a total of € 30 million to Venezuela(cid:146)s reconstruction effort. € 20 million will be committed
during 2001, and € 10 million during 2002.