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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9135

21 February 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/development
Broad support for additional funding for development aid, particularly from contribution on airline tickets

Strasbourg, 20/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 16 February, the Parliament adopted a resolution on the new additional mechanisms for funding development aid, declaring itself in favour of an “international levy on airline tickets which would aim to fund the fight against HIV and other pandemics”, and without closing the door on other additions to public development aid (PDA). In the debate, Tokia Saïfi (PPE-DE, France) pointed out that “although the EU is the main donor, it must do more,...

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