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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8803

9 October 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/asem
Summit continues in Hanoi against backdrop of human rights issues

Brussels, 08/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Stating on Thursday that Burma had not fulfilled the conditions for the respect of human rights which were prescribed at the Hanoi conference, the President of the Council, Bernard Bot, announced on behalf of the EU that it would reinforce sanctions relating to the military regime (see EUROPE of 14 September). Vietnam, the host country of the ASEM Summit, has also attracted criticism, but although the human rights question is omnipresent, the European...

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