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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8018

1 August 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/colombia
Rise in violence poses unnecessary obstacle to implementation of EU support programme, says Belgian Presidency

Brussels, 31/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 30 July, the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council published a declaration in which it refers to its "deep concern at the mounting violence in Colombia, befalling foreign aid workers, international officials and Colombian citizens involved in the search for peace and in assisting the civilian population." The declaration observes that "the holding up of a UN vehicle and abduction of one it its occupants and the abduction of three German aid workers...

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