Mexican President Vicente Fox (C) stands with leaders of Latin America, E.U. and the Caribbean during the closing session

GUADALAJARA , Mexico , May 29 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - European and Latin American leaders pressed late Friday, May 28, for a greater multilateral decision-making to solve pressing international problems and condemned the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers.

Wrapping up a summit designed to boost trade and cooperation between the two parts of the world, the 58 leaders also vowed to combat terrorism in all its manifestations, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"Security problems that raise the use of force have become global and should be dealt with in a multilateral framework in order to be handled legitimately," said French President Jacques Chirac, hinting at U.S. difficulties in Iraq .

"One only has to see the threat that failed states pose to international stability, or the impasses that unilateral action lead to, to become convinced," he said.

"States cannot make do with ad hoc coalitions or alliances. They should organize the global village as a new political society."

Several other leaders echoed Chirac's call for multilateralism.

European Commission president Romano Prodi stressed that no single country "can confront alone all the problems and threats" facing the world.

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, the current holder of the E.U. presidency, agreed.

"I hold the firm view that an effective multilateral system, supported by strong international institutions, and having the U.N. at its center, is essential for the welfare of mankind."

Spain 's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that through the summit "more than one billion people are taking part in a unique and historic process aiming to establish a more just, responsible world, living in peace."

Detainees' Abuse

The 58 world leaders condemned "all forms of abuse, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of persons, including prisoners of war, wherever they occur."

"We express our abhorrence at recent evidences of the mistreatment to prisoners in Iraq prisons," said their final statement.

The leaders stressed that such abuse "is contrary to international law, including the Geneva conventions."

Hundreds of photos and videos showing U.S. forces humiliating and sexually abusing Iraqi detainees broke into public view with the airing of such photographs on April 28 on CBS's "60 Minutes II."

Iraqi prisoners who were set free from Abu Gharib prison Friday, May 14, called for issuing an international arrest warrant for U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his trial over their abuse.

The American New Yorker magazine dropped a bombshell Sunday, May 16, saying the torture was okayed by Rumsfeld.

The Washington Post on Saturday, May 22, published testimony of soldiers speaking of fun and sadistic pleasure in abusing prisoners, a day after publishing a new photo gallery and a video clip of Iraqis being beaten and sexually humiliated.