Brussels, 18/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - During closure of the Beijing Donors' Conference, on 18 January, Commissioner Markos Kyprianou noted that the pledges made by countries and organisations present to combat avian influenza had reached $1.9 billion. He was very pleased with this result that will allow effective aid to be provided for the countries of Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, already affected by avian flu or where there is a high risk of outbreak in the next two to three years. The...