Brussels, 04/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Speaking on behalf of the European Union, the Spanish Presidency issued the following declaration on 1 February:
"The European Union welcomes the cease-fire agreement in the Nuba mountains signed on 19 January 2002 by the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan Peoples'Liberation Movement/Nuba, through the joint mediation of Switzerland and the United States of America.
The European Union considers the cease-fire agreement as an important step towards...