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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8154

20 February 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/zimbabwe
Decision of immediate sanctions, though regrettable, was unavoidable say Council and Commission

Brussels, 19/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Union decision to inflict immediate sanctions on the Zimbabwe authorities and recall its monitors sent to Harare for the presidential elections of 9 and 10 March (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.4) was announced to the press Monday evening, with firmness and regret. At the end of the General Affairs Council, Josep Piqué stressed that this decision had been taken unanimously and that it was "clear, unambiguous and consistent" with what the Council had...

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