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". – First of all I would like to apologise to the honourable Member for not being present earlier to hear his, I am sure, eloquent – though I am not sure, supportive – speech in the excellent debate on the Middle East. He knows that was not meant as a discourtesy, it was for democratic reasons upstairs. I am sure we will be able to lock horns about some of those extremely important issues on other occasions.
As for his question, the European Union attaches a great deal of importance to the ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. The adoption of the common position of 11 June 2001, which aims to promote early ratification of the Statute and the swift establishment of the ICC, and the ratification of the Statute by 13 Member States underline our commitment to this objective. Ratification preparations by the remaining two Member States are at an advanced stage.
The European Union's commitment to this issue is also reflected in the level of Community funding given to NGOs working for ratification. Since 1995, this has reached almost EUR 7m under the European initiative for democratisation and human rights.
With respect to the enlargement process, the European Union position on support to the ICC is part of the common foreign and security policy
which candidates are asked to subscribe to. In addition, in line with the common position, the European Union regularly raises the question of ratification in the framework of political dialogues with accession countries.
Moreover, the Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta aligned themselves with the EU declaration at the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly in November 2001, which sought to encourage a swift start to the ICC.
In January 2002, they also declared that they shared the objectives of the EU common position on the International Criminal Court and undertook to ensure that their national policies conform to that common position.
The Council of Europe has also called on all its members to ratify or adhere to the ICC's Statute as soon as possible."@en1
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