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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development

EU27 confirm aid commitments but shilly-shally over amount of “vulnerability FLEX mechanism” to help poor countries overcome social impact of crisis

Brussels, 19/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Brussels under the chairmanship of Jan Kohout, EU development cooperation ministers adopted unanimous conclusions on the means deployed by the EU to help developing countries overcome the global economic and financial crisis. On this occasion, the 27 EU members confirmed their commitments regarding official development aid. This was reassuring for CONCORD (European NGO confederation for relief and development), which, on the eve of the...

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