SECRETARY-GENERAL, ITALIAN PREMIER SIGN DECLARATION ON UN-EU COOPERATION
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
This afternoon, The Secretary-General signed with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, representing the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, a Joint Declaration on United Nations-European Union cooperation in crisis management.� He is delighted to do so, and hopes that this step will lead to even closer cooperation between the two organizations in both military and civilian areas of crisis management.� The Secretary-General is particularly pleased that the Declaration outlines specific areas where practical cooperation can advance, such as training, planning, communications and “lessons learnt”.
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