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Hancock, 64, is a member of the House of Commons Defense Committee, and the European Security and Defense Assembly of the Western European Union, a security and defense organization.
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Hancock, 64, is a member of the House of Commons Defense Committee, and the European Security and Defense Assembly of the Western European Union, a security and defense organization.
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Last week the United States orchestrated a U.N. Security Council resolution to tighten sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro with a military blockade by NATO and the Western European Union (WEU).
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British Defense Secretary George Robertson, at a meeting of the Western European Union, Europe's long-dormant military arm "You help them now or never."
Perspectives 2008
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We will work to strengthen the Western European Union as the European pillar of NATO.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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These two research entities belong to the near-defunct Western European Union defence organisation, nearly all of whose member countries belong to the European Union.
So the integration continues... Richard 2005
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Monty, who had been serving as the head of Western European Union forces which included those of France, Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands, became his deputy.
General Ike John S.D. Eisenhower 2003
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Spain and Portugal signed an accession protocol to join the Western European Union.
1988, Jan. 25 2001
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The force, known as the European Corps, was to be operational by October 1995, was intended to operate under the umbrella of the Western European Union (See Oct. 2023), and was to be open to other WEU members.
1992, April 2 2001
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The Council of the Western European Union unanimously agreed to abolish with immediate effect WEU protocol restrictions on the permitted size of West German warships.
1980, July 21 2001
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