The OCGG Security Section's Governance Area on EU Security Policy aims at establishing independent complete EU diplomatic capabilities.

 

Oxford think tank calls for immediate cessation of hostilities

(Oxford, 21 July 2006) Recognizing that the daily escalation in violence is causing a growing humanitarian crisis, the European Union should give full support to the UN Secretary General’s blueprint for restoring peace in Israel, Lebanon, and the Palestinian areas, starting with an immediate cessation of hostilities, says a think tank based in Oxford.

Press Release (Word)

 

by André Nilsen

Recommendation to the European Union

Russia is hosting the G8 Summit of world economic powers in the weekend 15 – 17 July 2006. Europe should seize the opportunity to accelerate the development of a special partnership with Russia. This would be good for both Europe and Russia and most importantly it is necessary to make progress towards a better world.

OCGG Security Recommendation No 5 (PDF)

 

by Holger Osterrieder

Recommendation to the European Commissioners for External Relations and Development and the High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy

The coup in Mauritania clearly reflects current international politics and is as such heavily influenced by the so-called war on terror, economic and geo-strategic considerations. It shows the failure of interest-led US policy towards Mauritania. Long-term stability, peace and democracy can only be achieved through a greater role for an internationalist EU policy, based on multilateralism, strong involvement of the UN, and the honest goal to achieve human development in Mauritania. This country, at a crucial geo-strategic position between West and North Africa, can thus become a model country for successful development intervention and help to boost development in the whole of this area.

OCGG Security Recommendation No 4 (PDF)

 

André Nilsen, Chairman and Managing Director of the OCGG, calls for a special partnership between Europe and Russia in OCGG Security Recommendation No 5.

Holger Osterrieder, Director of the OCGG Government Section, criticizes the US approach to Mauritania and calls for a greater EU role in the wake of the coup in OCGG Security Recommendation No 4.