Brussels / Rome, 05/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 9 January, the European Union's Interim Political and Security Committee (COPSi) will discuss the "Balkans Syndrome" - serious health problems affecting military personnel from several Member States having participated in peacekeeping operations in former Yugoslavia since 1992, problems that have led to the many deaths and that have been attributed to the use of depleted uranium in some of these operations.
Following the initiative of Belgian...