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Mr President, I would say that, first, as far as the European Commission's position on the political problem of Somalia is concerned, the European Commission agrees with and welcomes the IGAD resolution on Somali supporting the unity and integrity of the country. As far as support is concerned, the situation has been described objectively, albeit in the blackest terms, by all the honourable Members.
Clearly the European Union is the biggest donor of development aid to Somalia and it has earmarked a further EUR 200 million for the period from 2002 to 2007. Plans to strengthen Somalia must naturally give priority to the social sector, especially education, as the members have said, given that it is the best way of dealing with extremism and terrorism. Of course there are huge demands as regards administrative capacities and aid distribution; this is one of the biggest challenges and the Commission needs to be flexible if it is to ensure that the money is distributed correctly.
As far as the last comment is concerned, on coordinating aid and intervention in Somalia, I have to say that, obviously, the European Union is working together with the United Nations, it is implementing some of its programmes and it is one of the founder members of the initiative to coordinate aid to Somalia set up in Nairobi."@en1
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