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South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) Call of Action Urgent Call of Action to the European
Union with regard to President Musharraf’s visit to the
European Parliament, Monday 21 January 2008 In the light of the upcoming exchange of views with President
Musharraf in the European Parliament on Monday 21 January, jointly
organised by the Committee of Foreign Affairs and the Delegation
for relations with the countries of South Asia, the South Asia
Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) strongly urges the
MEPs to take note of and support its urgent call of action vis-à-vis
the situation in Pakistan:
We urge the EU to set up specific benchmarks, along the above
lines, for its Election Observation Mission as the presence
of external election monitors will not serve the purpose without
internal structural redress in Pakistan SAAPE extends its continued
support and solidarity to its fellow pro-democracy activists
in Pakistan and believes that the above call of action is a
pre-requisite to ensuring free and fair elections in Pakistan.
It believes that the international community, including, the
EU should pay heed to the voice of the people of Pakistan in
order to facilitate a sustainable peace and democracy in the
country as well as stability in the region of South Asia. 18 January 2008 |
