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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7982

13 June 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/colombia
EU welcomes FARC/Government humanitarian agreement

Brussels, 12/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 8 June, on behalf of the EU, the Swedish Presidency issued a declaration in which it welcomes the humanitarian agreement of 2 June between the Colombian Government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). The agreement was seen as "a positive step towards a necessary increased respect for International Humanitarian Law". The EU, above all, invites the government to continue adopting effective measures against paramilitary groups,...

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