Strasbourg, 22/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - Approving its rapporteur, Joaquim Miranda (GUE, Portugal) on the European Commission's communication "Building an effective partnership with the United Nations in the fields of Development and Humanitarian Affairs", the European Parliament confirmed its hope that the EU would play a more active role in the UN programmes and that the Member States would substantially strengthen their coordination within the UN (see summary of the report in EUROPE of 9...