WRITTEN QUESTION E-3251/01 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(h) of the Council common position of 22 January 2001.
Date: 2001-11-23
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Afghanistan, EU action, international affairs, military cooperation, military intervention, the EU's international role

C 160 E/88

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.7.2002

(2002/C 160 E/116)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3251/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(h) of the Council common position of

22 January 2001

On 22 January 2001 the Council adopted a common position on Afghanistan (1), Article 7 of which says
that the Commission intends to direct its action towards achieving the objectives and the priorities of the
common position; Article 2(h) of the common position says that in order to support the United Nations
peace efforts, reaffirmed by UN General Assembly Resolution 203 A and B of 18 December 1998, the
Union will continue ‘to urge countries concerned to stop any further involvement of their military,
paramilitary and secret service personnel in Afghanistan and cease all other military support provided to
parties in the Afghan conflict, including the use of their own territories for such purposes’. What practical
measures did the European Commission take since the events of 11 September to meet that objective?

(1) OJ L 21, 23.1.2001, p. 1.

(2002/C 160 E/117)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3252/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(a) of the Council common position of

22 January 2001

On 22 January 2001 the Council adopted a common position on Afghanistan (1), Article 7 of which says
that the Commission intends to direct its action towards achieving the objectives and the priorities of the
common position; Article 2(a) of the common position says that in order to support the United Nations
peace efforts, reaffirmed by UN General Assembly Resolution 203 A and B of 18 December 1998, the
Union will continue ‘to support and strengthen the work of the UN Special Mission to Afghanistan
(UNSMA), including its civil affairs unit’. What practical measures did the European Commission take
before the events of 11 September to meet that objective?

(1) OJ L 21, 23.1.2001, p. 1.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3220/01, E-3221/01, E-3222/01, E-3223/01, E-3224/01,
E-3225/01, E-3226/01, E-3227/01, E-3228/01, E-3229/01, E-3230/01, E-3231/01,
E-3232/01, E-3233/01, E-3234/01, E-3235/01, E-3236/01, E-3237/01, E-3238/01,
E-3239/01, E-3240/01, E-3241/01, E-3242/01, E-3243/01, E-3244/01, E-3245/01,
E-3246/01, E-3247/01, E-3248/01, E-3249/01, E-3250/01, E-3251/01 and E-3252/01
given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(14 January 2002)

The Commission has played a full part in all Union actions aimed at achieving the initiatives and priorities
of the Union’s Common Position on Afghanistan of 22 January 2001 (1) (as amended).

In particular, the Commission supported the Union’s Declarations on the destruction of the Bhudda statues
in Bamiyan (1st March 2001) ; pursuant to Article 3 of the Common Position; on the Taliban edict
ordering all Hindus in Afghanistan to wear identifying marks (25 May 2001) ; Article 3.