Reuters AlertNet - EU considers creating disaster reaction force

Reuters AlertNet - EU considers creating disaster reaction force: "EU considers creating disaster reaction force
04 Jan 2005 12:25:00 GMT

Source: Reuters

(Adds Commission declining to comment on idea)
BRUSSELS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The European Union is considering setting up an international reaction force able to deal with disasters such as the Asian tsunamis.
A crisis management corps could be made up of about 5,000 experts identified by national governments, trained together and placed under central co-ordination in an emergency, the EU's external relations Commissioner said."