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Unione Europea Declaration by the Italian Presidency on behalf of the European Union on Death Penalty in Myanmar (published in Rome on 31 December 2003) The European Union is deeply concerned about the nine death sentences issued last November 28th by the Myanmar Authorities. The European Union expressed its grave concern in a demarche with the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried out on 12 December 2003 by the Presidency. The European Union believes that the death penalty is a contravention of the right to life and of the 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 ensure full respect for international safeguards, in particular the minimum procedural guarantees for a fair trial contained in article 14 of the international covenant on civil and political rights and the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty set out in the annex to ECOSOC Resolution 1984/50. The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Associated Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area align themselves with this declaration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
the Community of Sant'Egidio
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