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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9723

22 August 2008
(eu) eu/georgia
EU provides civil protection assistance as humanitarian aid reaches conflict-stricken area

Brussels, 21/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Union, through its Civil Protection Mechanism, is providing on-the-ground support to around 100,000 Georgian civilians in the area affected by the conflict with Russia. In response to the Georgian authorities' plea for assistance to the European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) - a central operating hub for coordinating offers of assistance from the 30 countries taking part in the system - most of the resources made...