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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9663

20 May 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/burma
Louis Michel calls on international community to keep pressure up - Commission boosts humanitarian funding to €17 million

Brussels, 19/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Returning from his mission to Burma/Myanmar, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel calls on the international community to keep pressure up on the Myanmar authorities to open up the humanitarian gateway. Although the commissioner is pleased that the junta has agreed to extend visa issuance to Commission staff on the spot (EUROPE 9661), he deplores the fact that there is no opening for a maximum number of humanitarian...

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