Sweden was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...

Sweden was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61). At the 55th Commission on Human Rights, Mrs. Anna Lindh, Minister for Foreign Affairs, said the right to life was a fundamental right, and the death penalty was unacceptable. While the fact that countries such as Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Lithuania had abolished capital punishment was to be welcomed, it was regrettable that in others - such as the United States of America, China and Saudi Arabia - persons continued to be executed in circumstances that were not always in conformity with international standards. Sweden was also a cosponsor of the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly (A/C.3/54/L.8/Rev.1).