09/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar following the nine death sentences issued by the Myanmar authorities, the outgoing (Italian) Presidency published, on Thursday, a declaration recalling that the Union considers the death penalty to be a "contravention of the right to life and of human dignity and it is therefore committed to working towards its universal abolition. The EU urges all States that have not yet abolished the death penalty to...