Brussels, 13/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 12 March, the Swedish Presidency issued the following declaration on behalf of the European Union:
"The European Union welcomes the decision by the former SDS-party leader in Bosanski Samac in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr Blagoje Simic, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), to voluntarily present himself at The Hague in order to cooperate with the Tribunal. The Union calls upon all other persons indicted by...