Letter dated 3 March 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Statement concerning the decision by the Parliament of Ukraine to abolish the death penalty and to ratify Protocol 6 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, issued on 29 February 2000 by the Presidency of the European Union on behalf of the European Union

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Transmits statement issued on 29 Feb. 2000 by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union concerning the decision by the Parliament of Ukraine to abolish the death penalty and to ratify Protocol 6 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.