A press statement issued by EU on Wednesday quoted ambassador Olof Skoog of Sweden as saying, "There is a great concern in EU about the fate of Aung San Suu Kyi. We must have a clear view about the measures that EU would want to take targeting the Burmese regime if the verdict is a negative one." The EU Member States are represented in the PSC at ambassador level.
In the first month of the Swedish presidency of the EU, the committee has discussed the situation in Iraq following the elections, the EU´s involvement in Somalia and the European Union monitoring mission in Georgia (EUMM). In the past month, the PSC has worked to make the EU´s work in the area of human rights more visible, the statement added.
The PSC is responsible for charting out the EU´s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The committee is constantly monitoring the international situation. Among other things, the Committee oversees the EU´s crisis management operations all over the world on a daily basis and prepares for the Council meetings of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
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