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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, citizens of the European Union are becoming more and more the targets of hostage taking and sometimes these kidnappings are also connected with acts of terror. The European Union and the United Nations have repeatedly condemned the taking of hostages. We must basically take a dim view of ransom demands for hostages. Ransoms paid to hostage takers are an incentive for more kidnappings and can therefore lead to an increase in terrorism.
International cooperation, and in particular cooperation within the EU, is a very useful tool in dealing with such cases. The efforts of the EU Member States in hostage crises led to the UN International Convention against the Taking of Hostages. That came into force on 3 June 1983, and all the Member States of the EU have ratified it.
Hostage taking has been discussed by the Council of the EU in the same way that it has directly between Member States. The relevant practical forms of action include united political support and action on the part of the EU in kidnapping situations, preparing for hostage taking situations in joint pilot projects and crisis exercises, the reinforcement of national crisis groups using experts from other countries, and a Member States’ check list of options for joint action. In a few special cases there has already been practical
cooperation, but it would be useful to clarify the basis for cooperation further.
For this sort of cooperation to be as effective as possible, it should be informal, voluntary and very practical in its nature. All information, furthermore, would need to be treated strictly confidentially. We would also need to respect the concerned country’s right to self-determination."@en1
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