New York, 12/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - When speaking on behalf of the EU (as well as the candidate countries, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) during the United Nations debate over the destruction of pre-Islamic statues in Afghanistan, the Swedish Ambassador to the UN, Pierre Schori, in noting that the Talibans have announced that "the destruction of artefacts has already begun", called on those responsible to abstain from further destruction. The EU, he said, calls on the Talibans to...