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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8499

8 July 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/children
Parliament calls on EU to strengthen its action against the trade in children and the use of child soldiers

Strasbourg, 07/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday in Strasbourg with the adoption of a resolution by its development committee on the trade in children and the use of child soldiers, the European Parliament recalls that over 1.2 million children are each year said to be victims of this trade and that over 300,000 children under the age of 18 are currently enrolled in fighting units in over 30 countries. The Parliament calls on the Commission to develop a strategy to combat poverty in...

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