03/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - Vanuatu ratifies UN Convention against torture. In a press release published on Monday 1 August, the spokesperson to Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, welcomes the ratification by the Republic of Vanuatu of the Convention of the United Nations against torture. This brings the number of countries which have joined this convention to 149. The EU urges all other countries to follow their lead. (L.C./transl.fl)