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2. Welcomes the fact that European and non-European third countries have joined the arms exports control system on the basis of the Common Position and Arms Trade Treaty (ATT); notes with concern, however, that the eight criteria are not being applied and interpreted consistently in the EU Member States; calls therefore for a standard, uniform and revised interpretation and implementation of the Common Position with all its obligations, together with the provision of a mechanism whereby a Member State’s security concerns regarding arms exports could be addressed; notes that the EU is the only union of states to have a legally binding ...[+++]framework, unique in the world, through which arms export control is being improved, including in relation to crisis regions and countries with questionable human rights records and in relations to countries which present a proven risk of diverting the transferred goods in an unauthorised way to other end-users;

2. Welcomes the fact that European and non-European third countries have joined the arms exports control system on the basis of the Common Position and Arms Trade Treaty (ATT); notes with concern, however, that the eight criteria are not being applied and interpreted consistently in the EU Member States; calls therefore for a standard, more uniform, revised interpretation and implementation of the Common Position with all its obligations, while providing a mechanism where a Member State’s security concerns regarding arms exports could be addressed; notes that the EU is the only union of states to have a legally binding framework, uniq ...[+++]ue in the world, through which arms export control is being addressed, including in relation to crisis regions and countries with a questionable human rights record and in relations to countries which present a proven risk of diverting the transferred goods in an unauthorised way to other end-users;

confidence-building measures have been approved, including the creation of a network of political and security correspondents, the compilation of human rights and weapons inventories, the planned launch of a Euro-Mediterranean network of defence institutes, and of machinery for exchanges of senior political and military officials, and ongoing work on the organization of civil and military cooperation machinery for use in the event of disasters in the region; discussions are under way on a plan of action covering six areas: strengthening of democracy, preventive diplomacy, security and confidence-building measures (see above), disarmament, terrorism and orga ...[+++]nized crime; work has started on a Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Peace and Stability, an institutional dialogue and crisis-prevention mechanism seen as the cornerstone of the EMP's political and security dimension; September saw the inauguration of joint information and training measures aimed at diplomats from the twenty-seven Partnership countries - these will continue in 1997, when an electronic information network linking their foreign ministries will be put in place.

4.1. Political and security issues EMP regional activities have made most satisfying progress in this area on four issues in particular: - confidence-building measures have been approved, including the creation of a network of political and security correspondents, the compilation of human rights and weapons inventories, the effective launch of a Euro- Mediterranean network of defence institutes, the planned launch of machinery for exchanges of senior political and military officials, and ongoing work on the organization of civil and military cooperation machinery for use in the event of disasters in the region; - discussions are under way on a plan of action covering six areas: strengthening of democracy, preventive diplomacy, security an ...[+++]d confidence- building measures (see above), disarmament, terrorism and organized crime; - work has started on a Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Peace and Stability, an institutional dialogue and crisis-prevention mechanism seen as the cornerstone of the EMP's political and security dimension; - September saw the inauguration of joint information and training measures aimed at diplomats from the twenty-seven Partnership countries - these will continue next year, when an electronic information network linking their foreign ministries will be put in place.