ESDP: POSSIBLE ACTIVITY IN AFGHANISTAN
Letter from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, Minister
for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the Chairman
On Tuesday 18 July the Political and Security
Committee gave its support to a joint Council-Commission needs
assessment mission to Afghanistan. The civilian assessment mission
will focus on the Rule of Law/Justice sector, an area that we
are keen to see benefit from greater international support. While
I do not want to pre-judge the mission's recommendations, I wanted
to alert you to this work and the possibility that one outcome
might be a recommendation for an ESDP mission to strengthen support
to the Afghan justice/Rule of Law sector.
Details of the mission, including exact timing,
have yet to be confirmed, but we expect that the mission will
be able to report back some time in September or October. I will
ensure you are alerted to any plans for an ESDP mission at the
earliest opportunity.
21 July 2006
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