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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8168

11 March 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs
General Affairs Council fails to agree on EU position for Monterrey Conference - Consultations continuing to try and reach agreement before Barcelona

Brussels, 11/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - Despite all the efforts deployed by the Spanish Presidency, the EU's Foreign Ministers failed in Brussels on Monday to agree on a timetable for increasing Member States' official development aid, which would enable the EU to defend an ambitious position at the UN conference on funding development that is being held in Monterrey (Mexico) on 18/22 March 2002.

Speaking to reporters, Josep Piqué put the spotlight on the high quality and intense debate...

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