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The debate about development issues and security does not result in a single choice about doing either one thing or the other. One of the key challenges faced by the European Union is to make better use of all the resources at our disposal in the external relations field. This was recognised as one of the major tasks of the European Convention.
The goal of ensuring greater coherence implies a seamless and coordinated use of the common foreign and security policy and of all other external relations instruments, including the annual Community budget for external actions of approximately EUR 10 billion, of which EUR 6 billion is official development assistance.
We recognised long ago that development policy and other cooperation programmes provide the most powerful instruments at the Community's disposal for treating the root causes of conflict. That is a fact that has been reflected in the recently adopted European Union security strategy. The logic is simple, the logic is straightforward: one of the underlying causes of the disastrous conditions in which people in Afghanistan and southern Sudan live, for example, is conflict. If we are serious about tackling poverty then we must tackle conflict. There is no development without peace. That is why, at the request of our African partners, my colleague Mr Nielson and I have recently presented an ambitious proposal for an African peace facility to the tune of about EUR 250 million to support the African Union in its efforts to contribute to peace keeping."@en1
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