Brussels, 13/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - On behalf of the European Union, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council adopted the following Statement:
"The European Union welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, approved on December 30th 1999, establishing that the Ukrainian Criminal code provisions regarding the death penalty are unconstitutional, by violation of Articles 27 and 28 of the Constitution which recognises the principle of respect for human life and prohibits...