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Special humanitarian assistance body proposed

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    Military and civilian officials from ECOWAS have called for the creation of a special body within the community to coordinate responses to emergencies in the region. The call capped a seminar on the 'Coordinated Use of International Military and Civil Defence Assets in Emergency Management', held on 2-7 May in Yamassoukro, Cote d'Ivoire.

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