WRITTEN QUESTION E-3245/01 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 6(b) of the Council common position of 22 January 2001.
Date: 2001-11-23
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Afghanistan, EU action, international affairs, terrorism, the EU's international role

C 160 E/86

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.7.2002

(2002/C 160 E/110)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3245/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 6(b) 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; in Article 6(b) the Union condemns terrorism in all its forms, whenever and wherever it
occurs, and states that to advance the fight against terrorism, the Union will ‘urge all Afghan authorities to
close down training camps for foreign terrorists inside Afghanistan and to take necessary steps to ensure
that those responsible for terrorist acts are brought to justice’. 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.

(2002/C 160 E/111)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3246/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 6(c) 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; in Article 6(c) the Union condemns terrorism in all its forms, whenever and wherever it
occurs, and states that to advance the fight against terrorism, the Union will ‘urge the Taliban to comply
fully and urgently with UN Security Council Resolutions 1276/99 of 15 October 1999 and 1333/2000 of
19 December 2000’. 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.

(2002/C 160 E/112)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3247/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(d) 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(d) 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 call upon the warring parties to honour their obligations as stated in the Tashkent
Declaration on the fundamental principles for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Afghanistan which
was signed by both parties on 20 July 1999’. 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.