ROME - European Commissioner Emma Bonino on Sunday applauded Princess Diana's ceaseless humanitarian work. "In my role as commissioner for humanitarian aid, I would like to pay tribute for her tireless social and humanitarian work. We were united in particular in the battle against anti-personnel landmines," she said in a statement in Rome. "We were due to have met in October in London to relaunch the international campaign for the total elimination of these weapons. We will continue the battle in her name." Bonino said she was convinced Diana would have played an ever-increasing role in humanitarian causes with generosity. Diana died in a car crash in Paris while being pursued by a pack of "paparazzi" photographers. Her companion, millionaire businessman Dodi Al Fayed, also died. Her death came on the eve of a 19-day conference in Oslo in which some 100 countries will work to draft a text for a convention banning the use, export, production and stockpiling of landmines which kill or maim 25,000 people

a year.