Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire

Doc. 10893_2^nd edition
2 May 2006

United against the threat of terrorism

Written Declaration No 378

This written declaration commits only the members who have signed it

      Terrorism poses one of the greatest threats to international peace and security as well as to democratic institutions.

The scourge of terrorism cuts across political, geographic and religious boundaries. It cannot be identified with any religion, culture or ethnic origin.

Terrorism violates the full enjoyment of one of the most fundamental human rights, the right to life.

Terrorism cannot have any justification under any pretext.

We are mindful that terrorism threatens European countries, resulting in violent attacks perpetrated in Spain, the Russian Federation and the UK.

We also condemn and reject the violent activities of the PKK/KONGRA-GEL terrorist organisation which has recently escalated its criminal activities which resulted in loss of life and material damage in Turkey.

We ask the PKK/KONGRA-GEL to stop its terrorist activities immediately and unconditionally and lay down arms. All political demands and aspirations must be channelled through democratic processes.

Signed: ¹

MERCAN, Murat, Turkey, EPP/CD
AÇIKGÖZ Ruhi, Turkey, EDG
AGRAMUNT, Pedro, Spain, EPP/CD
AHLQVIST, Birgitta, Sweden, SOC
ALATALU, Toomas, Estonia, EDG
ALBERT, Sándor, Slovakia, EPP/CD
ALITIR, Rafis ,"the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", SOC
ARIAS, Miguel, Spain, EPP/CD
ASPHJELL, Jorodd, Norway, SOC
ATEŞ, Abdülkadir, Turkey, SOC
AVDIĆ, Sead, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SOC
AZZOLINI, Claudio, Italy, EPP/CD
BARCELÓ PÉREZ, Miguel, Spain, EPP/CD
BATET, Meritxell, Spain, SOC
BENDER, Ryszard, Poland, EDG
BİLGEHAN, Gülsün, Turkey, SOC
BJØRNSTAD, Vidar, Norway, SOC
BOJOVIĆ, Božidar, Serbia and Montenegro, EPP/CD
BOSAK, Krzysztof, Poland, NR
BOUSAKLA, Mimount, Belgium, SOC
BRAJOVIĆ, Ivan, Serbia and Montenegro, SOC
BRANGER, Jean-Guy, France, EPP/CD
BRESTENSKÁ, Beáta, Slovakia, ALDE
BROSBØL, Kirsten, Denmark, SOC
ÇAVUŞOĞLU, Mevlüt, Turkey, EDG
CEBECİ, Erol Aslan, Turkey, EPP/CD
CHRISTOFFERSEN, Lise, Norway, SOC
CILEVIČS, Boriss, Latvia, SOC
CIRCENE, Ingrīda, Latvia, EPP/CD
CLIVETI, Minodora, Romania, SOC
COSIDÓ, Ignacio, Spain, EPP/CD
COŞKUNOĞLU, Osman, Turkey, SOC
ČURDOVÁ, Anna, Czech Republic, SOC
de MELO, Maria Manuela, Portugal, SOC
de PUIG, Lluís Maria, Spain, SOC
DEDJA, Taulant, Albania, SOC
DENDIAS, Nikolaos, Greece, EPP/CD
DUESUND, Åse Gunhild Woie, Norway, EPP/CD
ELO, Mikko, Finland, SOC
EVANS, Nigel, United Kingdom, EDG
FALZON, Joseph, Malta, EPP/CD
FEDOROV, Valery, Russian Federation, EDG
FERNANDEZ AGUILAR, Spain, EPP/CD
FETLIŃSKA, Janina, Poland, NR
FOMENKO, Alexander, Russian Federation, UEL
GACEK, Urszula, Poland, EPP/CD
GAJDŮŠKOVÁ, Alena, Czech Republic, SOC
GLESENER, Marcel, Luxembourg, EPP/CD
GOUTRY, Luc, Belgium, EPP/CD
GREBENNIKOV, Valery, Russian Federation, EDG
GREENWAY, John, United Kingdom, EDG
GÜLÇIÇEK, Ali Riza, Turkey, SOC
GULIYEVA, Aynur, Azerbaijan, ALDE
HÄGG, Carina, Sweden, SOC
HAIBACH, Holger, Germany, EPP/CD
HAJIYEVA, Gultakin, Azerbaijan, EPP/CD
HANCOCK, Michael, United Kingdom, ALDE
HERKEL, Andres, Estonia, EPP/CD
HÖGMARK, Anders G., Sweden, EPP/CD
Baroness, HOOPER, Gloria, United Kingdom, EDG
HÖRSTER, Joachim, Germany, EPP/CD
HURSKAINEN, Sinikka, Finland, SOC
HUSEYNOV, Rafael, Azerbaijan, ALDE
HUSKOWSKI, Stanislaw, Poland, EPP/CD
ILAŞCU, Ilie, Romania, NR
ILICALI, Mustafa, Turkey, EPP/CD
İNCEKARA, Halide, Turkey, EPP/CD
ISLAMI, Kastriot, Albania, SOC
IVANOVSKI, Igor, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", SOC
IWIŃSKI, Tadeusz, Poland, SOC
JAZŁOWIECKA, Danuta, Poland, EPP/CD
JÁUREGUI, Ramón, Spain, SOC
JOVAŠEVIĆ, Ljubiša, Serbia and Montenegro, EPP/CD
KALANOVIĆ, Verica, Serbia and Montenegro, EPP/CD
KALEZIĆ, Ivan, Serbia and Montenegro, SOC
KANELLOPOULOU, Krinio, Greece, EPP/CD
KARSKI, Karol, Poland, NR
KASTĒNS, Oskars, Latvia, EPP/CD
KLYMPUSH, Orest, Ukraine, ALDE
KOLESNIKOV, Victor, Russian Federation, EDG
KOSACHEV, Konstantin, Russian Federation, EDG
KOVAČIČ, Dimitrij, Slovenia, EPP/CD
KRSTEVSKI, Zoran, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", ALDE
KUCHEIDA, Jean-Pierre, France, SOC
KUŽVART, Miloš, Czech Republic, SOC
LAVTIŽAR-BEBLER, Darja, Slovenia, ALDE
LIBICKI, Jan Filip, Poland, EDG
LINDBLAD, Göran, Sweden, EPP/CD
LINDINGER, Ewald, Austria, SOC
LINTNER, Eduard, Germany, EPP/CD
MARGELOV, Mikhail, Russian Federation, EDG
MELČÁK, Miloš, Czech Republic, SOC
MENDONÇA, Ana Catarina, Portugal, SOC
MESSERSCHMIDT, Morten, Denmark, EDG
MIGNON, Jean-Claude, France, EPP/CD
MIHKELSON, Marko, Estonia, EPP/CD
MILIĆEVIĆ, Ljiljana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD
MILOJEVIĆ, Goran, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD
MIRZAZADA, Aydin, Azerbaijan, EDG
MOTA AMARAL, João Bosco, Portugal, EPP/CD
NACHBAR, Philippe, France, EPP/CD
NAKASHIDZÉ, Nino, Georgia, ALDE
NASUFI, Xhevdet, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", EDG
OHLSSON, Carina, Sweden, SOC
OSKINA, Vera, Russian Federation, EDG
ÖZAL, İbrahim, Turkey, EPP/CD
PANTELEEV, Oleg, Russian Federation, EDG
PAPADIMITRIOU, Elsa, Greece, EPP/CD
PASHAYEVA, Ganira, Azerbaijan, EDG
PEHLIVAN, Fatma, Belgium, SOC
PIROZHNIKOVA, Liudmila, Russian Federation, EDG
POTRATA, Majda, Slovenia, SOC
PREDA, Cezar Florin, Romania, EPP/CD
PRESEČNIK, Jakob, Slovenia, EPP/CD
PUCHE, Gabino, Spain, EPP/CD
RAU, Zbigniew, Poland, NR
RYBAK, Volodymyr, Ukraine, EDG
SAKS, Katrin, Estonia, SOC
ŠAMI, Zoran, Serbia and Montenegro, EPP/CD
SASI, Kimmo, Finland, EPP/CD
SCHREINER, Bernard, France, EPP/CD
SEVERIN, Adrian, Romania, SOC
SEYIDOV, Samad, Azerbaijan, EDG
SKARGA, Dmitry, Russian Federation, EDG
SLUTSKY, Leonid, Russian Federation, SOC
SMIRNOVA, Svetlana, Russian Federation, EDG
SPINDELEGGER, Michael, Austria, EPP/CD
STĂNOIU, Rodica Mihaela, Romania, SOC
STANTCHEVA, Darinka, Bulgaria, ALDE
STAPONKIENĖ, Aldona, Lithuania, EDG
TEKELİOĞLU, Mehmet, Turkey, EPP/CD
TEVDORADZE, Elene, Georgia, ALDE
TODOROVIĆ, Dragan, Serbia and Montenegro, NR
TOMASZEWSKA, Ewa, Poland, NR
TOROSYAN, Tigran, Armenia, EDG
ŢULEA, Oleg, Moldova, SOC/SOC
UMAKHANOV, Ilyas, Russian Federation, EDG
Van den BRANDE, Luc, Belgium, EPP/CD
VERA JARDIM, José, Portugal, SOC
VĖSAITĖ, Birutė, Lithuania, SOC
WACH, Piotr, Poland, EPP/CD
WALTER, Robert, United Kingdom, EDG
WESTERLUND PANKE, Majléne, Sweden, SOC
WILSHIRE, David, United Kingdom, EDG
WITA, Tadeusz, Poland, NR
WODARG, Wolfgang, Germany, SOC
WOHLWEND, Renate, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD
ZAREMBA, Krzysztof, Poland, EPP/CD
ZINGERIS, Emanuelis, Lithuania, EDG
LLOYD, Tony, United Kingdom, SOC
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Total = 150

¹     SOC: Socialist Group
       EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party
       ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
       EDG: European Democratic Group
       UEL: Group of the Unified European Left
       NR: not registered in a group