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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9808

20 December 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/development
Parliament supports concept of “shared responsibility”

Brussels, 19/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption (by 399 votes to 25 and 27 abstentions) of the report by British Conservative Nirj Deva on post-conflict reconstruction and development, the European Parliament supports the concept affirmed by the United Nations of the “duty to protect”. It also underlines the fact that the European Union and its member states are bound by this concept, and places emphasis on the fact that the “duty to protect” should be considered as a means...

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