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On 21 March 2013 EUROMIL’s member association from Montenegro, SOVCG, organised a round table on the implementation of the Recommendation CM/Rec (2010)4 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on human rights of members of the armed forces. SOVCG was supported for this event by the “Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro” (USSCG) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 
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SOVCG organises a roundtable discussion on the CoE Recommendation CM/Rec (2010)4
Military Personnel Demonstrate in Greece
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Military personnel in active service, retired officers and NCOs organised a demonstration to denounce the deteriorating situation for armed forces personnel in Greece on 9 March 2013. About 10,000 people gathered in the city centre of Athens.
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ODIHR Expert Meeting on Human Rights Monitoring in the Armed Forces
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EUROMIL participated in the Expert Meeting on Human Rights Monitoring in the Armed Forces, organised by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE (ODIHR) on 4-5 March 2013 in Warsaw.
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Future of EU defence discussed by MEPs
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On 26 February 2013, Lieutenant General Ton Van Osch, Director General of the EU Military Staff, exchanged views with MEPs from the EP security and defence subcommittee on the future of European Defence. General Van Osch warned MEPs over further cuts to defence budgets and called for further cooperation among EU member states on defence matters.
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European global strategy
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On 22 February 2013, MEPs and MPs from national parliaments discussed with the Swedish and Polish foreign ministers, Carl Bildt and Radosław Sikorski, a "...European global strategy, which should help frame a clearer mandate for the EU foreign policy chief. The initiative, launched by the foreign ministers of Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden, will also feed into the discussion on defence by EU heads of state and government at their December summit".
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