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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8957
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/armaments

Parliament calls for more effort from EU for elaborating treaty on small arms control

Brussels, 30/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution adopted in Brussels last Thursday, the European Parliament recommended that the Council and Member States promoted a dynamic mechanism for an instrument tracing small arms and that this was negotiated by the United Nations. This should include the setting up of a group of technical experts in charge of elaborating the best practices guidelines for brands, registration and tracing of small calibre and small arms, as well as ammunition...

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