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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7926

19 March 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china
EU will not co-sponsor United States resolution on China, but will put it to the vote

Brussels, 19/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - During Monday's General Affairs Council, the European Union agreed in a single voice not to co-sponsor the resolution on human rights in China that the United States was to present to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights that same day in Geneva. Its Member States will, however, vote in favour of this resolution if it is put to the test of the international Commission, and will oppose any "no-action motion", an artifice of procedure that would...

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