European Parliament 3 August 2001, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2256/01 by Richard Balfe (NI) to the Council. The return of the Aksum Obelisk to Ethiopia.

(2002/C 115 E/045) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2256/01 by Richard Balfe (NI) to the Council (3 August 2001) Subject: The return of the Aksum Obelisk to Ethiopia Given that Article 37 of the Italian Peace Treaty, which became effective in September 1947, specified that Italy should return within 18 months all loot taken from Ethiopia, and given that the Italo-Ethiopian Agreement of 1997 laid down that the