MM. Prodi and Nielson statement on UN Conference on FfD (Monterrey)

The Commission welcomes the agreement by Member States on a common EU position for the Monterrey International Conference on Financing for Development. In particular, we welcome the EU commitment to reach an average of 0.39% of Official Development Aid (ODA) of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2006 as a concrete first step forward to achieving the internationally recognized goal of 0.7%. This achievement, which builds on the conclusions of the Gothenburg and Laeken European Councils, shows that Europe is not complacent about being the world's number one aid donor. With the valuable assistance of the Spanish Presidency, Member States have rallied around a position giving the EU a strong platform for providing leadership based on global equity and solidarity in Monterrey. The conference provides an historic opportunity to make progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for poverty reduction.

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• EU Presidency Statement - The EU´s commitments: looking beyond Monterrey consensus (22/3/2002)
• President Prodi's speech at the International Conference on FfD (Monterrey) (22/3/2002)
• Intervención del presidente del Gobierno de España, Jose Marìa Aznar, para la financiación del desarrollo (21/3/2002)
• President Prodi goes to UN Conference on FfD (Monterrey) (21/3/2002)
• EU Presidency Statement - Financing for Development (Monterrey)  (21/3/2002)
• Council Conclusions on the UN Conference on FfD (Monterrey) (14/3/2002)
• UN welcomes Commission call for more aid (Monterrey) (14/2/2002)
• Commissioner Nielson's comments on Commission's report on FfD (Monterrey) (13/2/2002)
• Commission's report on FfD (Monterrey) (13/2/2002)
• Commission communication on FfD (Monterrey) (13/2/2002)
• Commissioner Nielson's speech on FfD at the European Parliament (6/2/2002)
• Globalization and Financing for Development (Monterrey)  (2/2/2002)
• EU Presidency Statement - Financing for development (12/2/2001)