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On 31 January 2013 NATO released the Secretary General’s Annual Report 2012.

"The EU training mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) is intended to help improve the military capacity of the Malian Armed Forces in order to allow, under civilian authority, the restoration of the country's territorial integrity. It represents an integral part of the EU's comprehensive approach to the situation in Mali and the Sahel."

"The Mediterranean Forum of Military Associations (FMMA), a EUROMIL regional organization, presented last December a common Manifesto to denounce the critical situation of the professional, social and working conditions of thousands of soldiers belonging to the Armed Forces of Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus. This situation is a consequence of the current financial and economic crisis that inflicts severe cuts and restrictions on salaries, promotions, allowances and rights of military personnel and their families.

On 1 January 2013, Ireland took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months (eu2013.ie).

At the end of this year, Martin Michels, 72, steps down from his position as treasurer of the German armed forces’ association (DBwV). The retired pioneer Captain was always a strong supporter of EUROMIL and served the organisation for a long time as an auditor. As a convinced “European” from the very beginning, he backed in 1994/95 the purchase of the Av. Général de Gaulle 33 and the employment of Rear Admiral U. Hundt as Secretary General of EUROMIL.