20/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The human rights organisation EMHRN regrets that, during the vote in the UN Human Rights Commission on a resolution condemning the use of force by Israel in the Palestinian territories (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.6), all EU States abstained from voting, "thus disregarding the Palestinian population's urgent need for international protection". The organisation calls on the EU to apply Article 2 of the Association Agreement with Israel and the Interim Agreement with...