Brussels, 08/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 7 August, the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council published a declaration on behalf of the Union, following the early end of the Bolivian President Hugo Banzer Suarez's term of office due to cancer, in which it recognises that, under the Presidency of Mr. Banzer, "the rule of law in Bolivia was strengthened. In addition, the Union "expresses its appreciation of the successes achieved in combating drug trafficking and eradicating illicit coca crops...