Press Release: Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the EU on the moratorium on the death penalty in Mongolia

The European Union welcomes the announcement on 14 January 2010, of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Mongolia. The EU congratulates the Mongolian President,
the State Great Khural - the unicameral Parliament of Mongolia - the Mongolian Government and the Mongolian people on this important decision. The EU encourages
Mongolia to commute all existing death sentences into life sentences.