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"en.20020411.4.4-070"2
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"We have abstained in the final vote on the Commission’s proposal on freezing the assets of persons suspected of terrorism. However, we have given our support to the amendments, all of which contribute to improving the regulation.
The fight against terrorism is crucial and has our support. Freezing the assets of persons suspected of terrorism or collaboration with terrorism is an important element of this overall work. However, a procedure in which the UN Security Council and sanctions committee decide upon sanctions against individual people, entirely without the latter’s being informed of the evidence or being given the opportunity to have their cases tried in court, is not acceptable. In this way, there is a danger of legal certainty’s being eliminated.
Everyone on the UN’s list must be notified immediately of evidence against them and of formally notified suspicions concerning them. They must be given the opportunity to have their cases tried in court. Clear and distinct criteria governing the way in which people’s names are added to and deleted from the list must be established. The EU countries on the UN Security Council – Great Britain, France and Ireland – bear a major responsibility for upholding legal certainty and demanding that human rights are not compromised away. The Spanish Presidency and the Member States should take vigorous action in the UN and in relation to the United States in order to ensure that people’s rights are respected."@en1
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