The latest development is the implementation of the Protocol to the EU Mutual Legal Assistance Convention in June 2004.

Only 4 of public development assistance is now earmarked for agriculture. The European Commission and EU member states are therefore planning to increase their assistance, both through the European Development Fund and by developing new sources of financial support.

New and emerging donors from our part of the world are keen to meet the high targets for official development assistance (ODA) set by the EU.

Twenty five European Union (EU) member States committed themselves to the target of allocating 0.7 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to official development assistance by 2015.

More than half of the country s trade is with the Union, and Moldova receives significant EU financial assistance. Most Moldovan emigrants work in the EU, and almost 75 of Moldova s population support EU membership.

The EU is willing to offer its assistance in implementing the provisions of the resolution.

Population assistance as a proportion of official development assistance

The Security Council also appreciates the assistance given by other international actors, including EU electoral experts.

nuclear safety and security assistance for EU Candidate States on the basis of the PHARE programme.

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Humanitarian assistance and development

Management of development assistance

Source Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Development Assistance Committee, International Development Statistics, online.

Adapting to the changing development assistance environment.

To be sure, the EU budget contains flexible instruments, such as the EU Solidarity Fund, which provides emergency assistance after natural disasters. But these tools have not always been used as effectively as possible.

Many EU member States contribute to the NATO led International Security Assistance Force and run provincial reconstruction teams throughout the country.

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture and rural development, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture and rural development, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Ensure that development assistance harmonization efforts are adapted to the country context and that donor assistance is aligned with the development priorities of the recipient

We urge development partners to increase flows of development assistance to the developing world.

A. Common country assessment United Nations Development Assistance Framework

Common country assessment and United Nations Development Assistance Framework

(f) Assisting with human resources development and technical assistance

Economic assistance for the reconstruction and development of Djibouti

First, official development assistance (ODA) should be greatly increased.

Nonetheless, an overarching need for more development assistance remains.

Increasing the amount and impact of official development assistance

Economic assistance for the reconstruction and development of Djibouti

British development assistance, Ministère de la Coopération, Paris, 1977.

Successful reintegration of ex combatants requires sustained development assistance.

Participants argued that debt relief, humanitarian or military assistance should not be counted as official development assistance.

At the same time, donors' administrative costs, which are counted as official development assistance, also rose to 5 per cent of total official development assistance in 2002.

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Consequently, all the development actors should be brought into the repatriation process at an early stage in order to bridge the gap between relief assistance and development assistance.

It was also recommended that the EU should provide appropriate technical assistance to allow developing country producers to use the technology for substitutes effectively.

Burma s leadership should respond by releasing all remaining political prisoners and opening up the entire political process. The EU also should ensure that its development assistance and the process of delivering it enhances pluralism and reconciliation by benefiting all of Burma s communities fairly and transparently.

Deeply concerned by the low levels of official development assistance,

(a) Delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding, or

The sectoral composition of global official development assistance is changing.

Debt cancellation should not be tied to official development assistance.

Increasing official development assistance remains an essential and continuing challenge.

Assistance for humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development for Timor Leste

With external financial assistance, our development efforts could be accelerated.