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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8153

18 February 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/balkans
Council reaches agreement on mission, arrangements and funding for police force to take over from UN in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1 January 2003

Brussels, 18/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Germany having waived its reservation on the funding of the future police force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the General Affairs Council reached agreement on Monday on the mission of 500 officers that the European Union will deploy from 1 January 2003. This mission will take over from that of the UN (IPTF) that currently has 1,674 officers, 535 of which Europeans (the largest contingent is German with 164 officers). The Council urged the Spanish Presidency...

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