WRITTEN QUESTION E-3248/01 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(e) of the Council common position of 22 January 2001.
Date: 2001-11-23
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Afghanistan, EU action, UNO, fact-finding mission, international affairs, international agreement, the EU's international role

4.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 160 E/87

(2002/C 160 E/113)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3248/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(e) 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(e) 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 demand from the Taliban their commitment to the implementation of the
Agreements signed with the UN on the safety and security of UN personnel’. 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/114)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3249/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(f) 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(f) 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 take into consideration the report of the UN Credentials Committee on the
the United Nations’. What practical measures did the European
representation of Afghanistan at
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/115)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3250/01

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(23 November 2001)

Subject: Outcome of the action in Afghanistan under Article 2(g) 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(g) 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 maintain the embargo on the export of arms, munitions and military equipment to
Afghanistan provided for in Council Common Position 96/746/CFSP (2), and urge other countries to adopt
a similar policy of restraint’. 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.
(2) OJ L 342, 31.12.1996, p. 1.