Press Release: General Affairs Council, Brussels, 20.3.00

Amongst the items discussed were: Preparations of the Special European Council, Lisbon, 23-24.3.00; 2nd Ministerial Session of the IGC 2000; Common European Security and Defence Policy; Mozambique; Africa-Europe Summit; Conflicts in Africa; Western Balkans; Economic situation of Bulgaria and Romania; 56th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, March-April 2000; Russia and Chechnya; Statute for MEPs; Reducation of number of Council formations; Free-lance interpreters.

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