surface weaponsman [ surface weaponswoman ]

Weaponman Surface [ WPMN S ]

surface weapons operator

Commissioner Malmström welcomes Parliament's approval to stop trade in minerals financing armed conflicts // Brussels, 16 March 2017

5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider introducing EU-wide targets for forest cover with a view to increasing current levels, curbing deforestation and improving the quality of existing forests and woodland; recommends increasing forest cover, especially in areas not suitable for food production and in particular in close proximity to urban areas in order to mitigate adverse heat effects, reduce pollution and enhance links between people and forests; stresses the need for careful planning in this regard; believes that forests should not be considered solely as carbon sinks to offset the rise of emissions in other ...[+++] sectors of the economy;

9. Notes the decision by certain Member States to arm the Kurdish regional authorities, and the US strategy to carry out airstrikes and at the same time arming militant groups which oppose the IS; is concerned, considering the volatility of the situation on the ground, by the possibility that weapons provided for use against the IS could easily be by the IS itself or by other violent radical groups; believes that any support should be limited to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets, defensive equipment and equipment to remove or render harmless mines and ...[+++] booby traps;

Following the Commission’s 2005 communication on measures for ensuring greater security in explosives, detonators, bomb-making equipment and firearms, EU law was reformed.