19/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - EU welcomes vote for a resolution on capital punishment. On Thursday 18 December, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini welcomed the adoption on the same day of the resolution “moratorium on the use of the death penalty” by the United Nations General Assembly. She believed that this adoption was “a great and encouraging achievement for the abolitionist cause worldwide”. “The record number of 117 votes...