M. whereas while the security situation in northern Mali has improved since the French intervention, the struggle against radical Islamist groups continues; whereas there is a need to maintain the momentum against isolated terrorist threats in some northern areas, such as the recent threats to Timbuktu and Gao, requiring a stabilising force and quick response capacities; whereas armed extremists are increasingly resorting to asymmetric tactics, such as guerrilla ambushes, suicide attacks, car bombings and the use of anti-personnel ...[+++]land-mines; whereas, therefore, maintaining peace and security in the medium and long term presents exceptional challenges;

L. whereas while the security situation in northern Mali has improved since the French intervention, the struggle against radical Islamist groups continues; whereas there is a need to maintain the momentum against isolated terrorist threats in some northern areas, such as the recent threats to Timbuktu and Gao, requiring a stabilising force and quick response capacities; whereas armed extremists are increasingly resorting to asymmetric tactics, such as guerrilla ambushes, suicide attacks, car bombings and the use of anti-personnel l ...[+++]and-mines; whereas, therefore, maintaining peace and security in the medium and long term presents exceptional challenges;

Our tactical transport communities, which include our helicopters, maintain a number of platforms at high readiness by region for domestic emergency response, ranging from 30 minutes to 24 hours' notice to move.

12. Calls in this context on the EU military staff to develop contingency plans in support of the Member States' contribution to UNIFIL, by having recourse to the Battle Groups;

Not only is the scope of pre-hospital medical care increasing as laid out in this submission, but paramedics across this country are on the front line with things such as hazmat teams, emergency response teams, heavy urban rescue teams, riot squads, marine response units, search and rescue teams, and in all of these we are working shoulder to shoulder with police and fire services, on the front lines (1750) Our submission is strongly supported by the EMS Chiefs of Canada, which is an employer group that employs a significant portion of paramedics from across Canada.

This means having two ships, a battle group of approximately 1,250 personnel, an infantry battalion of approximately 1,000 personnel, a squadron of fighter aircraft, a flight of tactical transport aircraft, a communications element, and a headquarters element ready for deployment within three weeks.