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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8987

9 July 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/landmines
Parliament reiterates ambitions for landmine-free world

Strasbourg, 08/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - In its adoption, in Strasbourg on Thursday, of a common resolution by four political groups (PES, ALDE, Greens/EFA, GUE-NGL), the European Parliament has expressed its "serious concern at the devastating and widespread effects of landmines and unexploded devices on the civil populations, particularly children". It calls upon the 50 or so States which have not yet ratified the treaty of 1997 banning the use of landmines, which includes three countries...

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