2001/375/CFSP: Council Decision of 14 May 2001 implementing Common Position 98/350/CFSP with a view to a European Union contribution to a mission to facilitate dialogue in Togo
Date: 2001-05-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Union, Togo, democratisation, mediator, politics, rule of law

15.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 132/7

COUNCIL DECISION

of 14 May 2001

implementing Common Position 98/350/CFSP with a view to a European Union contribution to a
mission to facilitate dialogue in Togo

(2001/375/CFSP)

The purpose of

2.
this mission shall be, by mediating
between each of the Togolese parties, to encourage them to
implement, in good faith and having respect for human rights,
the provisions of the Framework Agreement, so as to create
political conditions for a dialogue permitting the proper
conduct of the general elections and conciliation in Togolese
political

life.

Article 2

The mission to facilitate dialogue in Togo shall take place
under the authority of the Presidency of the Council of the
European Union,
assisted by the Secretary-General/High
Representative and the Commission. The facilitators shall
report to the Council and the Commision after each mission.

Article 3

The European Union shall make a financial contribution

1.
to the mission to facilitate dialogue in Togo.

The financial reference amount for this purpose shall be

2.
EUR 79 000.

The management of

the expenditure financed by the
3.
amount specified in paragraph 2 shall be subject
to the
Community procedures and rules applying to budget matters.

Article 4

This Decision shall take effect from the date of its adoption.

It shall expire on 30 November 2001.

Article 5

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2001.

For the Council

The President

A. LINDH

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Common Position 98/350/CFSP of
25 May 1998 concerning human rights, democratic principles,
the rules of law and good governance in Africa (1), in conjunc-
tion with the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article
23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

A mission to facilitate dialogue in Togo has been
conducted with the support of the European Union by
Mr Georg Reisch, Mr Bernard Stasi and Mr Paul von
Stülpnagel
since the agreement concluded by the
Togolese parties on 24 December 1998.

That mission has contributed to the progress made in
the dialogue in Togo, particularly to the preparations
for, and follow-up to, the framework agreement signed
in Lomé on 29 July 1999, hereinafter referred to as the
‘Framework Agreement’.

At its meeting on 13 June 2000, the Council confirmed
the Union's willingness to support the continuation of
the mission to facilitate dialogue in Togo, so as to
the electoral
encourage the democratic conduct of
process in that country.

On 30 January 2001, the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC)
in Togo announced that general
elections would take place on 14 and 28 October 2001.

It is therefore appropriate to contribute to the continua-
tion of the mission to facilitate dialogue in Togo, so as
to consolidate progress made in that dialogue in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Framework Agreement
and at the same time to ensure greater visibility for the
Union's action,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. Mr Georg Reisch (spokesman), Mr Bernard Stasi and Mr
Paul von Stülpnagel, hereinafter referred to as ‘the facilitators’,
are hereby appointed to conduct a mission to facilitate dialogue
in Togo on behalf of the European Union.

(1) OJ L 158, 2.6.1998, p. 1.