Brussels, 17/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a document adopted on Monday without debate by the EU Council (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.6) on the priorities of the European Union for the 56th session of the UN General Assembly, which opens in September, there is a passage in which the Union "regrets the current standstill in the process" on the Cypriot question unfolding under the aegis of the UN. It calls on Turkish Cypriots to agree to resume the process as soon as possible. The text also makes it clear that the EU considers the status quo in Cyprus to be unacceptable, and strongly supports the efforts of the UN Secretary General to achieve a comprehensive settlement on the Cyprus problem consistent with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and to arrive at a positive conclusion of the process.