Brussels, 20/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - ECHO, the European Community's Humanitarian Office, has defined its strategy for 2003, a strategy that it will carry out with a budget of EUR 442 million in favour of victims of humanitarian disasters in over 50 countries and territories throughout the world.
Three principles will guide ECHO action: 1) ECHO will focus on areas where the need is greatest; 2) ECHO will pay special attention to "forgotten crises and needs", that is, those which continue...