European Union and Lebanon Crisis / Union européenne et crise libanaise

Articles

• Taking Stock: Databases and Systems of Information Exchange in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

  19 May 2008, by Geyer Florian
  Exchange of information in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, using new technologies like biometric identifiers and creating large-scale centralised EU databases is a highly topical, yet equally controversial issue. A number of EU databases and systems of information exchange are already in place, others will soon become operational. In spite of this, proposals for new measures and mechanisms are frequently tabled; it appears as if the EU is only at the beginning of a ‘new age of information exchange’.

• Statement on the situation in the Middle East

  11 September 2006, by Ferrero-Waldner Benita
  The conflict in Lebanon, the violence in the Palestinian Territories, the suffering of civilians in northern Israel: these past months the prospect of a comprehensive peace has seemed further off than ever.

• EU tries to send clear signal on Middle East crisis

  2 August 2006, by Euractiv
  EU foreign ministers will engage in an internal war of words in the quest for a united voice for the battling parties in Lebanon.

• L’UE tente d’envoyer un message clair sur la crise au Moyen-Orient

  2 août 2006, par Euractiv
  Des pourparlers difficiles s’engagent entre les ministres européens des affaires étrangères afin de tenter de s’exprimer d’une seule voix sur la question libanaise.

• Déclaration de la Présidence de l’UE sur la situation au Liban

  2 August 2006, by European Presidency
  La Présidence de l’Union européenne est choquée et consternée par les frappes aériennes israeliennes sur la ville de Cana, au Liban-Sud. Rien ne saurait justifier les attaques faisant des victimes parmi les civils innocents, pour la plupart des femmes et des enfants.

• EU Presidency Statement on the situation in Lebanon

  2 August 2006, by European Presidency
  The Presidency of the European Union is shocked and dismayed by the Israeli air strikes on the southern Lebanese town of Qana. There is no justification for attacks causing casualties among innocent civilians, most of whom were women and children.

• The Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon and the EU: Refugees, Displaced Persons and Competence

  29 July 2006, by Guild Elspeth
  The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon continues with no obvious end in sight. According to the European Commission by 25 July more than 40 000 evacuees had been transferred to Cyprus.

• What the EU can do about the Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon - A JHA Approach

  27 July 2006, by Guild Elspeth
  The world has watched with increasing horror as the humanitarian crisis has developed in Lebanon since mid July 2006 when the Israeli offensive began. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees estimates that as of 27 July 2006, 700,000 people have fled their homes in Lebanon and more than 150,000 people have crossed into Syria. However, this is not just a crisis which is touching the Middle East, at least one EU Member State has been deeply affected by the mass influx of refugees from Lebanon on its territory - Cyprus. Thousands of Lebanese have flooded into the tiny island which has resulted in the country requesting the EU for help. Two things are critically needed - first to provide a safe haven for the displaced persons fleeing Lebanon; secondly to provide an orderly and coherent response where the member States demonstrate their solidarity with one another to take responsibility for the displaced persons for as long as necessary.