Press Release: Minister Cowen welcomes EU successes at UN human rights body

On the conclusion, on 23 April 2004, of the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Brian Cowen, welcomed the positive role and successes of the European Union at the Commission. As Presidency of the European Union, Ireland spoke for and represented the Union at the Commission. In particular, Minister Cowen strongly welcomed the adoption, and margin of victory, of a resolution against the death penalty.

European Commission: External relations: Human rights and democratisation http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/human_rights/index_en.htm

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