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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8749

16 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 66
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development
Commission puts additional 42 million EUR into international Aids fund

Brussels, 15/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission decided to grant an additional 42 million EUR to the Global Fund to fight against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing countries, which currently has a budget of 2.4 billion US dollars. This decision brings to 375 million EUR the Commission's total contribution to the fund since it was set up in 2002 (18% of total donations). At this stage, the Commission has honoured 80% of its commitments and kept its...

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