WRITTEN QUESTION E-3242/01 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(c) of the Council common position of 22 January 2001.
Date: 2001-11-23
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Afghanistan, EU action, Pakistan, peace, political cooperation, settlement of disputes, the EU's international role

4.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 160 E/85

(2002/C 160 E/107)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3242/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(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; 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 urge other countries with influence on the parties to exercise it constructively in
support of and in close coordination with UN peace efforts, and in particular urge Pakistan to use its
considerable and unique influence on the Taliban to persuade them to participate seriously in peace talks
under UN auspices’. 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/108)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3243/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 5(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; in Article 5(d) the Union says that, in order to promote the fight against drugs, it will
‘support all consistent efforts, including those of the United Nations Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP),
aimed at reducing substantially the production, trafficking and abuse of drugs in Afghanistan, and notes
the importance of implementation of the Community’s projects in support of the Union’s Central Asia
drugs initiative’. 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/109)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3244/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 6(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; in Article 6(a) 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 ‘demand that all Afghan
parties refrain from financing, providing training or shelter for terrorist organisations or otherwise
supporting terrorist activities’. 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.