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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9819

16 January 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/horn of africa
Parliament calls for peacekeeping operations to be bolstered and invites EU to appoint special representative for region

Brussels, 15/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Immediately after a mission in the Horn of Africa by a delegation of MEPs (25 October to 2 November 2008), the European Parliament adopted on 15 January in Strasbourg a resolution on ways to stabilise the region which is prey to many conflicts, a humanitarian crisis and an upsurge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden and along the Somali coast. The resolution, adopted by a large majority (570 votes for, 11 against and 27 abstentions), mainly calls for African...

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