97/819/CFSP: Council Decision of 28 November 1997 on the implementation of the Joint Action 96/588/CFSP on anti- personnel landmines with a view to contributing to the funding of certain programmes of the SADC and the ICRC

COUNCIL DECISION of 28 November 1997 on the implementation of the Joint Action 96/588/CFSP on anti-personnel landmines with a view to contributing to the funding of certain programmes of the SADC and the ICRC (97/819/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles J.3 and J.11 thereof,
Having regard to Joint Action 96/588/CFSP of 1 October 1996 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union on anti-personnel landmines (1),
Whereas, under the specific actions provided for by Article 8 of the Joint Action to support the Union's priority effort to help the victims of anti-personnel landmines, a contribution should be made to the funding of the regional programme of the Southern Africa Development Conference (SADC) and to the programmes of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the former Yugoslavia and in Iraq,