Press Release: General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting (General Affairs), Luxembourg, 16 June 2008

Amongst items discussed: Preparation of the June European Council; Eighteen-month Programme of the Council; Stabilisation and association agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina; Preparation for the EU-Russia summit; Georgia/South Ossetia - Further assistance to the conflict-settlement process; EU strategy for Central Asia; Association agreement with Jordan; United Nations General Assembly - EU priorities; EU activities on the prevention of violent conflicts; EU strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; EU strategy to combat the illicit accumulation and trafficking of small arms; EU guidelines on the death penalty; EU guidelines on children in armed conflict