COUNCIL OF EU INCLUDE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY IN LIST OF TERRORISTS

Brussels, 05 apr. (SNE).- The Council of the European Union included the National Liberation Army in its last list of terrorist organizations and persons related to terrorist activities. The initiative is a result of President Álvaro Uribe's official visit to Europe, in which he manifested to the multilateral organism the necessity of including this group in the list.

The measures of this decision include the freezing of funds and other financial assets and economic resources, ensuring that funds, financial assets or economic resources or financial or other related services are not made available, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of specified persons, and groups and entities, and police and judicial co-operation between the Member States.

The following is the decision of the Council:

"Countering terrorism - Council updates list of terrorist organizations

The Council decided on 2 April1 to update the EU list of terrorist organizations and persons linked

to terrorist activities, which was first updated in December 2001 in the wake of the terrorist attacks

of 11 September and last updated on 22 December 2003.

The list was updated by means of:

- A Common Position updating Common Position 2001/931/CFSP2 on specific measures to

combat terrorism and repealing Common Position 2003/906/CFSP3; (doc. 7603/04)

- A Decision aimed at implementing specific restrictive measures under Regulation 2580/20014

against certain persons and entities, and repealing Decision 2003/902/EC5. (doc. 7604/04)

The measures include:

* The freezing of funds and other financial assets and economic resources.

* Ensuring that funds, financial assets or economic resources or financial or other related

services are not made available, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of specified persons,

groups and entities.

* Police and judicial co-operation between the Member States.

The Common Position and the Decision, including the updated list, were published in the Official

Journal on 3 April (JO L 99):

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html"