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Thu 07 Jul 2010Ireland explores greater EU/UN military overlap
THE GOVERNMENT has called for a debate in the EU on deeper military co-operation with the UN, saying the union now has capabilities necessary to make UN missions more effective.
In a “food for thought” paper presented to EU ambassadors, Ireland says the EU should look to how the union can extend its support for the UN, including by directly supporting the planning and operational cycles of missions.
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