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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7824

19 October 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/anti-personnel mines
Bonino report calls for EUR 200 million in funding

Brussels, 18/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted by a large majority the report by Italian Radical Emma Bonino on action against anti-personnel landmines, stressing the need to destroy existing stocks and intensify scientific research in order to use techniques allowing for better mine detection. MEPs are calling for a budgetary line of EUR 200 million for the period 2000-2006 earmarked for de-mining, and the European Commission provides...

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