Brussels, 15/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - At the tripartite budget meeting at Monday lunchtime, the two arms of the Budgetary Authority decided to mobilise a total of EUR 40 million from the emergency reserve for humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, Chechnya and Palestine (see EUROPE of 13 October, p.12), broken down as follows: EUR 25 million for Afghanistan, 7.5 million for Chechnya and 7.5 million for Palestine. The Budgetary Authority did not accept the initial proposal put forward by...