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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9719

7 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/somalia
EU studies different options to efficiently fight piracy off Somali coast

Brussels, 06/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 29 July, at its last meeting before the summer break, the Political and Security Committee (COPS) approved the principle of coordinated action by the European Union to fight piracy off the Somali coast, as part of the implementation process of Resolution 1816 by the United Nations Security Council. No fewer than eleven member states took a clear position in favour of this action, whose framework and character will now need to be defined. This...