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". – Mr President, the Commission welcomes Parliament's motion for a resolution on the abolition of the death penalty in Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. The EU works towards the universal abolition of the death penalty, which is one of the pillars of its human rights policies.
In the process of attaining this objective and in accordance with the EU guidelines on the abolition of the death penalty, where the death penalty still exists the EU calls for its use to be progressively restricted and insists that it be carried out according to minimum standards. The EU also presses, where relevant, for the introduction of moratoria.
The EU reaffirmed its commitment to the abolition of the death penalty by tabling a resolution at the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva this year. Many activities which aim to contribute to the abolition of the death penalty have been supported under the European initiative for democracy and human rights.
Funding such projects has recently been reaffirmed as a priority in the Commission's communication, or policy paper of 8 May 2001 on the Union's role in promoting human rights and democratisation in third countries.
The Commission welcomes some of the recent positive steps taken by the three countries concerned, and, firstly, the frank exchange of views at a seminar in Tokyo in May 2002 on "Justice and Human Rights in Council of Europe Observer States: the Abolition of the Death Penalty" and the establishment of a Japanese Diet members' league for the abolition of the death penalty; secondly, the bill tabled to abolish the death penalty in the Republic of Korea which was supported by a majority of the National Assembly last year; thirdly, the amendment to the penal code of Taiwan which reduces the list of crimes for which the death penalty is mandatory.
However, conscious that a great deal remains to be done to abolish the death penalty in the Asian region as a whole, the EU decided in 2001 to enhance its strategy for abolishing the death penalty in that part of the world on the basis of the 1998 guidelines on the death penalty. The forthcoming EU Annual Report on Human Rights for 2001/2002 will provide an overview of the action taken in the region.
The EU will continue its efforts to abolish the death penalty in the region."@en1
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